How do you find assonance in a poem?

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EET-AP
Feb 25, 2017

Assonance is repeating vowel sounds in a line of a poem or a song. It is used to add rhythm to the line.
Example: She sells sea shells by the deep green sea.

Explanation:

In the example above the trailing #ee# sound is repeated while the leading consonant sound changes. This is assonance.

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