Climbing-frame Sentence Examples

Assonance poems are abundant in literature. Much like alliteration repeats consonant sounds, assonance features repeated vowel sounds in words that are close to each other. But finding examples of assonance can be trickier than finding alliteration since the vowel sounds are often only heard when read aloud. Keep reading for examples of poetry with assonance that are pleasing to the ear.

Robert Burns (1759-1796) was and continues to be Scotland’s best-loved poet. From the holiday staple “Auld Lang Syne” to the patriotic cry of “Scots Wha Hae,” his words evoke images of rolling highlands and ancient castles in times lost in the past.