#94 assonance

assonance- the use of the same vowel sound with different consonants or the same consonant with different vowels in successive words or stressed syllables, as in a line of verse

-C18 from French, Latin assonare to sound; assonant (adj.),

The setting sun was licking the hard bright machine like some great invisible beast on its knees. ~ John Hawkes

I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless.

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