Assonance is merely re-using the same vowel sound repetitively, not necessarily at the beginning of the word—the equivalent for consonants is “consonance”. The above would commonly be called alliteration, sometimes defended by the unwritten glottal stop consonant used before vowel sounds at the beginning of English words.
Assonance is merely re-using the same vowel sound repetitively, not necessarily at the beginning of the word—the equivalent for consonants is “consonance”. The above would commonly be called alliteration, sometimes defended by the unwritten glottal stop consonant used before vowel sounds at the beginning of English words.
Voted up since I learned something. (Glottal stops. Huh.)