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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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            • هم آوایی-واج آرایی
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            • به تکرار یک واج صامت یا مصوت در یک بیت یا عبارت گفته می‌شود به گونه‌ای طنین آن در گوش بر جای بماند و باعث پیدایش موسیقی آوایی در آن بخش از سخن شود Wikipedia - by Saeid Hasani
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            • هقابل ذکر است که واج تکرار شونده می تواند صامت یا مصوت باشد. برای مثال: مثال 1: خوابِ نوشینِ بامدادِ رحیل بازدارد پیاده را ز سبیل که همان طور که مشاهده می کنید تکرار مصوت کوتاه «اِ» در این مصراع تکامل بخش موسیقی درونی است. - Wikipedia by Saeid Hasani
            • واج آرایی با تکرار صامت /س/) مثال 2: خيزيد و خز آريد كه هنگام خزان است باد خنك از جانب خوارزم وزان است - Wikipedia by Saeid Hasani
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