Poetry Corner: Assonance

I hope to regularly share information and examples on various poetry forms and tools that help poetry sparkle. Today, we'll look at assonance.

Assonance: the repetitive use of vowel sounds in successive or proximate words

Example:

The Ladybug
by Kimberly M. Hutmacher

An eensy red bug
with teensy black dots
walks weensy black legs
on red flower pots.
Copyright Kimberly M. Hutmacher

In the above poem, we see and hear the repetitive long ee sound throughout (eensy, teensy, weensy).

Poetry Practice: Create a poem (you choose the form) that incorporates the use of assonance.