assonance
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Assonance frequently takes the place of rhyme, and a word often rhymes with itself.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
Assonance, later rhyme, could not but prove a welcome, an all but necessary, means of articulating or sectioning the somewhat spineless flow of sonorous syllables.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward
Assonance in Latin poetry has no such relevance.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas
Assonance is almost equally common, and is even more strange to our taste.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas
Assonance was the characteristic coördinating element in the verse of the early Romance languages, the Provençal, Old French, and Spanish.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
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