Kolin in Los Angeles, California, says his friend Helen is known for writing witty tweets that go viral, such as one about the difference between men’s and women’s midlife crises. He says she credits her success in part to her use of assonance, or “the repetition of similar vowel sounds within successive words.” There are good examples of assonance in the opening lines of the poem “The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes. This is part of a complete episode.
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