Explore Poetry! by Andi Diehn

Author:Andi Diehn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nomad Press

An onomatopoeia can be different in each language, even when it’s describing the same sound. For example, the sound of a clock is “tick tock” in English and “katchin katchin” in Japanese.

ASSONANCE AND CONSONANCE

Words to Know

assonance: the repetition of a vowel sound.

consonance: the repetition of a consonant sound.

You’ve learned about rhyming words, but did you know that sounds within words can make rhymes, too? When these sounds are vowel sounds (a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y), the rhyme is called assonance. When the sounds are from consonants (all the other letters), the rhyme is called consonance.

This poem contains examples of assonance and consonance. Examples of assonance are underlined and examples of consonance are in bold.

POEM!

Fire and Ice by Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

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