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Assonantal

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as·so·nance  (s-nns)
n.
1. Resemblance of sound, especially of the vowel sounds in words, as in: "that dolphin-torn, that gong-tormented sea" (William Butler Yeats).
2. The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, especially in stressed syllables, with changes in the intervening consonants, as in the phrase tilting at windmills.
3. Rough similarity; approximate agreement.
[French, from Latin assonre, to respond to : ad-, ad- + sonre, to sound; see swen- in Indo-European roots.]
asso·nant adj. & n.
asso·nantal (-nntl) adj.


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8) In an interview with Arnaldo Saraiva, Cabral spoke of his use of eight-syllable lines and assonantal rhyme as aimed at challenging readers' expectations and creating a less harmonious verse: 'O tipo de verso mais comum entre nos e o septissylabo, enquanto em Franca e o de 8 sylabas, que e o menos espontaneo da lyngua portuguesa--e que e o que eu prefiro, embora usando a liberdade typica do verso de 7 sylabas, de acentuar onde eu quiser.
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