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assonance
noun
(as-so-nance)
the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Synonyms:
vowel rhyme,
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vowel rhyme
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onomatopoeia
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prosody
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phoneme
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euphony
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cantabile
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glottal
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arioso
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poeticism
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scansion
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abstractness
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sibilance
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cynghanedd
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melodiousness
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vivace
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pentameter
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ballade
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plosive
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polyrhythm
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terza rima
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portamento
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diphthong
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spatiality
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archaism
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glissandos
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sostenuto
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nasality
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punchiness
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lexis
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da capo
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staccatos
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rhyming
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tabula
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kriti
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sibilant
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moderato
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assonate
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ethereality
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chromatics
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allegretto
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jaggedness
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melody
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woodiness
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unintelligibility
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divertimento
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tintinnabulation
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tritone
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felicity
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pentatonic scale
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passacaglia
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alap
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diatonic scale
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plaintiveness
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serifs
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seraphic
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lyricism
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intonations
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chaconne
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khayal
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kyrie eleison
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hornlike
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bass clef
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homophones
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mozartian
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idiom
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harmonic progression
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sonority
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tani
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etude
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harmonic
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plainsong
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diminuendo
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partita
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thrums
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plainchant
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koans
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litheness
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larghetto
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shapeliness
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melisma
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upbeats
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decrescendo
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andante
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arpeggio
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polyphony
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adagios
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tunefulness
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lucent
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daintiness
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tumescence
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percussive instrument
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pacem
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laila
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quavers
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nabokovian
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curlicues
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altissimo
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contemporaneity
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kettledrums
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weltanschauung
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assonance
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