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 by Kenn Nesbitt
Elaine the Complainer
I'd Like to Be a Movie Star by Kenn Nesbitt
I’d Like to Be a Movie Star
Saturday's My Lazy Day by Kenn Nesbitt
Saturday’s My Lazy Day
Candy Andy by Kenn Nesbitt
Candy Andy
Whenever It's December by Kenn Nesbitt
Whenever It’s December
When Puppies Play Baseball by Kenn Nesbitt
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 by Kenn Nesbitt
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 by Kenn Nesbitt
Lost Inside a Labyrinth
I’m Wearing My Parrot
Our Cat Likes the Vacuum by Kenn Nesbitt
Our Cat Likes the Vacuum
When Frankenstein Sat Down to Dine by Kenn Nesbitt
When Frankenstein Sat Down to Dine
The Noisy Boys from Boise by Kenn Nesbitt
The Noisy Boys from Boise
I’m Clever Whenever
Random Miranda