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The matching of vowel sounds in a line (and sometimes, consonants with differing vowels), generally used in poetry. ‘Load’ and ‘moat’, ‘farther’ and ‘harder’ are examples of assonance, since they match in vowel sounds and stress pattern, but do not rhyme. The device is used to emphasize particular words or imagery, and is similar to alliteration, which involves the repetition of consonants.

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