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assonant 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'"
  2. (assonance) the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
  3. Assonance is the refrain of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences, and together with alliteration and consonance serves as one of the building blocks of verse. For example, in the phrase "Do you like blue? ...
  4. Characterized by assonance; having successive similar vowel sounds
  5. (assonance) The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry
  6. (assonance) The repetition or a pattern of similar sounds, especially vowel sounds: “Thou still unravished bride of quietness,/Thou foster child of silence and slow time” (“Ode to a Grecian Urn,” John Keats).
  7. (Assonance) repetition of the same sound in words close to each other.
  8. (Assonance) The repetition of internal vowel sounds in nearby words that do not end the same, for example, "asleep under a tree," or "each evening." Similar endings result in rhyme, as in "asleep in the deep." Assonance is a strong means of emphasizing important words in a line. ...
  9. Echoing Vowels--Assonance
  10. (assonance) the correspondence, or near-correspondence, in two words of the stressed vowel but not the consonants (unlike 'rhyme') (cat and hand, food and droop).
  11. (assonance) matched vowels are the same, but the consonants are not the same.
  12. (assonance) In poetry, the repetition of similar vowel sounds; an aural resemblance or pattern. Assonance produces what can be called “vocalic rhyme” or “sound textures,” and differs from standard rhyme in that the words (and in particular, consonants) vary to a greater degree. ...
  13. (9. assonance) the repetition, in words of proximity, of identical vowel sounds preceded and followed by differing consonant sounds. (Whereas tide and hide are rhymes, tide and mine are assonantal.)
  14. (ASSONANCE) The patterning of identical vowel sounds in close proximity, generally without regard to consonants, as in “chain mail.”
  15. (ASSONANCE) The rhyme-pattern produced inside the poetic line by repeating similar vowels, or clusters of consonants and vowels. ...
  16. (Assonance (Latin, ‘to answer with the same sound’)) the rhyming of a word with another in one or more of their accented vowels, but not in their consonants; sometimes called vowel rhyme.
  17. (Assonance) Correspondence between vowel sounds in two or more words, occurring in the accented syllable.
  18. (Assonance) a method of adding pleasurable sound to a poem by placing similar sounding vowel sounds in proximity of each other.
  19. (Assonance) is the sequential repetition of vowel sounds, particularly in stressed syllables, as in the line "Full fathom five thy father lies," in which "fathom" and "father" and "five" and "lies" have paralleled vowel sounds.
  20. (Assonance) the repetition of similar vowel sounds e.g. ‘There must be Gods thrown down and trumpets blown’ (From ‘Hyperion’ by John Keats), showing the paired assonance of ‘must’ and ‘trum...’ and ‘thrown’ and ‘blown’
  21. (Assonance) the repetition of similar vowel sounds within a line or succeeding lines of verse. Example: the short i and e sounds in Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra: "then is it sin/ To rush into the secret house of death/ Ere death dare come to us? ...
  22. (assonance) The recurrence of a similar sound in several words close together. Unlike alliteration, this sound need not be the initial letter of a word. ...
  23. (assonance) The rhyming or repetition of vowels within words. It is used to create a melodious effect, often in poetry), e.g. 'wide' and 'time'. The device only occasionally results in the rhyming of words.