Assonance

Literary/ Cultural Context Note

John Constable (University of Cambridge)
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  • The Literary Encyclopedia. WORLD HISTORY AND IDEAS: A CROSS-CULTURAL VOLUME.

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The rhyme-pattern produced inside the poetic line by repeating similar vowels, or clusters of consonants and vowels. For example the eeve sounds in Gerrard Manley Hopkinss Spring and Fall: Margaret are you greiving over goldengrove unleaving? (Note that the repetition of the g sounds is an example of alliteration.)

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Citation: Constable, John. "Assonance". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 10 June 2002 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=77, accessed 19 March 2024.]

77 Assonance 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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