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Noun: assonance  a-su-nun(t)s
  1. The repetition of similar vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of successive words
    "The phrase 'light in white' demonstrates assonance";
    - vowel rhyme

Derived forms: assonances

Type of: rhyme, rime [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Assonance