Assonantal
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 assonant
"How often on the contemporary poetry scene do we come across so relentlessly assonantal a hum as in these lines from "Later Meeting": Tying your hair/for our long walk, you carom in your new/room arms akimbo, hips adrift, miming/all our enemies."
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More examples"How often on the contemporary poetry scene do we come across so relentlessly assonantal a hum as in these lines from "Later Meeting": Tying your hair/for our long walk, you carom in your new/room arms akimbo, hips adrift, miming/all our enemies."
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