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 Favorite Word is Floofy
Bob’s Job
Elaine the Complainer
I’d Like to Be a Movie Star
Saturday’s My Lazy Day
Candy Andy
Whenever It’s December
When Puppies Play Baseball
I Found a Penny on the Ground
My Lunch Gave Me a Tummy Ache
Hip-Hop Christmas
Bradley Bentley Baxter Bloome
A Hippo Is Bounding around on My Head
My Gramma Got a Camera
It’s Winter Vacation
A Goat in a Landfill
My Brother Was Brought by a Bunny
Lost Inside a Labyrinth
I’m Wearing My Parrot
Our Cat Likes the Vacuum
When Frankenstein Sat Down to Dine
The Noisy Boys from Boise
I’m Clever Whenever
Random Miranda