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            • 母音韻、アソナンス（半階音）
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            • アクセントのある母音だけの押韻。 例： BRAVE LADIES LIVE (not) IN VAIN 詩作における技法のひとつで,同一または類似の母音をくりかえすことにより,部分押韻効果をねらう。 詩学以外で、広い意味での音の類似を指すことも。 たとえば、 音楽ではスイスの現代音楽家、ミヒャエル．ジャレル作曲の　ASSONANCE　という例があります。 Own research - by bigcat
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            • ．．．母音だけの押韻、類音の一致をアソナンス（半階音）というが、西欧のような意識的な詩作はわが国ではごくまれ日本語ではむずかしいとされている。 - 言語の岸辺で　　ー定形と韻� by bigcat
            • Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables to achive partial rhyme... - ALLITERATION AND ASSONANCE by bigcat
            • Ｅｘａｍｐｌｅ　ｏｆ　Ａｓｓｏｎａｎｃｅ　Ｌｉｔｅｒａｒｙ　Ｔｅｒｍ 　　　 　　　　　　Ｔｈｅ　Ｂｅｌｌｓ　ｂｙ　Ｅｄｇａｒ　Ａｌｌａｎ　Ｐｏｅ 　　Ｈｅａｒ　ｔｈｅ　ｍｅｌｌｏｗ　wedding bells ... - ＥＸＡＭＰＬＥ　ＯＦＡＳＳ� by bigcat
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            • assonance
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            • Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close to each other - this also includes diphthongs. Like alliteration, it is the sound rather than the letter used that is important. The Poetry Archive
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            • The Greeks occasionally employed assonance for the sake of its aesthetic effect but took no pains to avoid it when no effect was intended, even when the repetition of sound seems to us displeasing. - Answers.com
            • While the bling of rhyme and meter are exciting, sometimes what a poem needs is the soft power of assonance. - The Fix
            • In more modern verse, stressed assonance has become the main literary device in modern rap, starting with gangsta rap like 2Pac in the 1990s, departing from rap's foundations in the 80's rapper like Slick Rick when rhyme at the end of each line was the cornerstone of poetic expression. - Wikipedia
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