as‧so‧nance /ˈæsənəns/
noun [uncountable] technical[
Date: 1700-1800;
Language: French;
Origin: Latin assonare 'to answer with the same sound', from ad- 'to' + sonare 'to sound']
similarity in the vowel sounds of words that are close together in a poem, for example between ‘born’ and ‘warm’
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