Poems with Assonance

Assonance is poetry's secret melody. While alliteration catches the ear with bold consonant repetition, assonance works more subtly, threading vowel sounds through a line like a hidden harmony. The long 'o' in 'slow golden glow' creates a languid, warm feeling; the sharp 'i' in 'bitter winter wind' cuts with cold precision. Poets use assonance to create mood, to bind words together musically without full rhyme, and to give free verse the sonic cohesion that formal meter provides. It's the difference between prose that informs and poetry that sings.