poetic device: Assonance

Assonance is when nearby words share the same vowel sounds, especially on their stressed (or accented) syllables, such as “tiny dinosaur” (which share a long “i” sound) or “random hat” (which share a short “a” sound).

These poems all include at least one instance of assonance. See if you can the assonant words in these poems.

At Hamster Sam’s Rodeo
Dizzy Dottie’s Dog Salon
Bouncing Brianna
A Penguin's Toes by Kenn Nesbitt
A Penguin’s Toes
Going Nowhere Slowly by Kenn Nesbitt
Going Nowhere Slowly
The Bagel Bird
Toby the Snowboarding Doberman
Has Anyone Seen My Chameleon?
Abrocat the Acrobat
Cara’s Parrot
Arthur the Artist
Gobble, Gobble Went the Turkey
Shelley Sellers by Kenn Nesbitt
Shelley Sellers
What I Told Mrs. Morris when She Asked How I Was Feeling Today by Kenn Nesbitt
What I Told Mrs. Morris When She Asked How I Was Feeling Today
Gordon’s Garden
An Awesome Opposum
I Have an Amoeba
Today Is the Day by Kenn Nesbitt
Today Is the Day
Auntie Gravity
How Not to Make a Cardboard Fort
Floyd the Coin Collector
Jake the Yo-Yo Maker
Belinda’s an Expert at Bathing
Boney Mahoney

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