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This document defines and provides examples of several literary devices: 1) Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words. It creates a musical quality and contributes to tone. Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" uses assonance to create an eerie atmosphere. 2) Consonance occurs when two words have the same consonant sound following different vowel sounds. Shel Silverstein's "The Acrobats" uses consonance instead of rhyme. 3) Rhyme uses corresponding sounds in lines of writing, often at the end of lines. "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" follows an AABB rhyme scheme. 4) A haiku is a 3

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This document defines and provides examples of several literary devices: 1) Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words. It creates a musical quality and contributes to tone. Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" uses assonance to create an eerie atmosphere. 2) Consonance occurs when two words have the same consonant sound following different vowel sounds. Shel Silverstein's "The Acrobats" uses consonance instead of rhyme. 3) Rhyme uses corresponding sounds in lines of writing, often at the end of lines. "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" follows an AABB rhyme scheme. 4) A haiku is a 3

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Literature

Assonance, Consonance, Rhyme, and, Haiku

Lecturer: Khairiah Syahabuddin, MHSc. ESL., M,TESOL, Ph.D.


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1.Assonence
Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words in a line of poetry or
prose. It creates a musical quality and can contribute to the overall mood or tone of a piece.

For example, in the poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, the repetition of the long “o”
sound in the words “lore,” “Lenore,” “nevermore,” and “door” creates an eerie and
melancholic atmosphere:

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,


Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, 'tapping at my chamber door—
Only this and nothing more.'"

2.Consonance
Consonace is a literary device that occurs when two words have the same consonant sound
following different vowel sounds. For example, the words same and home have the same
'm' sound, but the vowel sounds before it are different.

Other Examples of Consonance


There are many poets who, similar to Wilfred Owen, choose to use consonance instead of
exact rhyme for varying purposes. Look at the first three lines of this poem titled 'The
Acrobats' by Shel Silverstein.
I'll swing by my ankles.
She'll cling to your knees.
As you hang by your nose,
From a high-up trapeze.
But just one thing, please,
As we float through the breeze,
Don't sneeze.

3.Rhyme.
Rhyme is the use of corresponding sounds in lines of writing. This can occur at the end of
lines or in the middle. The most commonly resigned type of rhyme is full-end rhymes.
These appear at the end of lines and rhyme perfectly with one another.
"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky."

This example is a nursery rhyme called "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." The rhyme scheme
here is AABB, meaning that the first two lines rhyme with each other (star/ar) and the last
two lines also rhyme with each other (high/sky). Rhyming helps create a rhythmic flow in
the poem or song, making it easier to remember and enjoyable to listen to.

Types og Rhime
1Perfect Rhymes
include words whose stressed syllables share identical sounds, as do all sounds that follow
the stressed syllable. The words “compare” and “despair” are perfect rhymes because both
have final stressed syllables with identical sounds. The words “plunder” and “thunder” are
also perfect rhymes because both their first stressed syllable and the syllable after it share
common sounds.
2.Imperfect Rhymes
include words that rhyme the stressed syllable of one word with the unstressed syllable of
another word, as in “uptown” and “frown,” or “painting” and “ring.”

4.Haiku
A haiku is a specific type of Japanese poem which has 17 syllables divided into three lines
of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. Haikus or haiku are typically written on the subject of nature. The
word haiku (pronounced hahy-koo) is derived from the Japanese word hokku meaning
“starting verse.”
The traditional haiku structure is a little challenging to understand in English, as it depends
on several concepts that exist only in Japanese and do not translate well. Elements of
haikus include:
Structure: Haikus must consist of three lines that follow a 5-7-5 syllable count. However,
Japanese does not count syllables the way that English does. Instead, haikus are divided
into on, which are sounds represented by individual characters. The English use of
syllables is the closest approximation to on that poets can use.
Kireji: At the end of the first or second line of a haiku, it is traditional in Japanese to
employ a kireji word, or ‘cutting word.’ This is a word that juxtaposes two images and
provides a pause or break between two lines. Kireji are a particular class of words for
which there is no entirely accurate English translation.
Tense: Haikus are almost always written in the present tense. It is worth noting that
Japanese does not have a grammatical distinction between present and future tense, using
context to indicate future. In English, haikus are customarily written in present tense.
Subject matter: A haiku is intended to describe a particular moment in time and is often
connected to the natural world. In Japanese, haikus usually include a kigo, which is a word
or phrase that connects the poem to a season.
松の間で (Matsu no ma de)
静かに息絶え (Shizuka ni iki tae)
命が終わる (Inochi ga owaru)

English meaning:
Amongst the pines,
Quietly, breath ceases,
Life's end.
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