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
I Bought a Maserati
My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye
We Bought a Lot of Candy Bars
An Ogre Came over for Dinner
Bradley Bentley Baxter Bloome
I Tried to Take a Selfie
My Favorite Word is Floofy
Whenever It’s December
After Thanksgiving
When Frankenstein Sat Down to Dine
Bob’s Job
I’d Like to Be a Movie Star
I’m Clever Whenever
A Hippo Is Bounding around on My Head
A Goat in a Landfill
Random Miranda
This Morning Is Our History Test
You’re Not Supposed to Touch Your Face
Thanksgiving Dinner
Wayne the Stegosaurus
A Tiny, Spiny Dinosaur
That Explains It!