Alliteration Assonance

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AlliterationAssonance

• Saurabh Agarwal
• (Looks pretty boring heh?)

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Alliteration
The BIG BOWL had a BLUE fish BOBBING through the
BRIGHT BLUE water.
By Saurabh Agarwal
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Alliteration

• As you saw it is when there is a repetition of
  identical consonant sounds, most often the sound
  of the beginning of the words, in close
  proximity.
• A good example would be
• Gods Grandeur by Gerard M. Hopkins on pg. 169
• How does Alliteration add to the poems
  grandeur?

By Saurabh Agarwal
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Assonance
The mAd hAtter sAt on his mAt And sAng his song.
By Saurabh Agarwal
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Assonance

• As you probably deduce, assonance is when you
  repeat a vowel sounds in close proximity.
• A good example would be-
• Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost on pg. 176
• What effect does Assonance have on the reader in
  this poem?

By Saurabh Agarwal