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.

My Cat Knows Karate

My Flat Cat

My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye

I Bought a Maserati

An Ogre Came over for Dinner

I Tried to Take a Selfie

Bradley Bentley Baxter Bloome

After Thanksgiving

My Favorite Word is Floofy

Bob’s Job

A Hippo Is Bounding around on My Head

I’m Clever Whenever

Random Miranda

A Goat in a Landfill

You’re Not Supposed to Touch Your Face

Wayne the Stegosaurus

This Morning Is Our History Test

A Tiny, Spiny Dinosaur

That Explains It!

Today’s My Favorite Holiday

Larry the Librarian

A Valentine for Mom

My Ugly Pug

Rosy the Dozer