Assonance: Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity.
A gallant night
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of El Dorado.
But he grew old -
This knight so bold -
And - o'er his heart a shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like El Dorado'."
(El Dorado, Edgar Allan Poe)
This poem contains a lot of assonance. It has the repetition of -ah- in "gaily" "gallant". It also has the repetition of -i- in "gaily" "bednight" "night" and "sunshine".
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