Assonant Definition

assonant
adjective
  1. having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'"
  2. having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables

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