0 the similarity in sound between two syllables that are close together, created by the same vowels but different consonants (e.g. "back" and "hat"), or by the same consonants and different vowels (e.g. "hit" and "hat") --
1 the use of similar sounds, esp. vowels, in two or more words, as in "mellow wedding bells" --
The poem has an extremely unusual structure, combining a four-stress alliterative line, a tight rhyme scheme, and regular use of assonance.
Furthermore, the lyrics tend to be written in eight-syllable quartets, with assonance in the first and third verses.
Assonance is a rhyme, the identity of which depends merely on the vowel sounds.
Later lines do not contain the same amount of symmetry but do rely on assonance and rhymes throughout.
Assonance occurs more often in verse than in prose.
Elements of the structure of the poem, like rhythm and sound combinations (rhyme, echoes, assonance, etc.) are often more important than semantics per se.
His lyrics contain layered rhythms, multi-syllabic compounded rhymes, internal half rhymes, assonance, and ear-bending enjambment.
The stanza of the martinete is the cuarteta romanceada: four eight-syllable lines, rhyming in assonance abcb.
