Assonance is the resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, arising particularly from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels. e.g. "consider how my light", "half my days in this dark", "that one talent which is death", "Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent", "therewith mRead more
Assonance is the resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, arising particularly from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels. e.g. “consider how my light”, “half my days in this dark”, “that one talent which is death”, “Lodg’d with me useless, though my soul more bent”, “therewith my Maker, and present” etc.
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In the poem on His Blindness, "Patience" is personified as a human being. It listens to the poet and answers him in order to clear his (poet's) doubt. Read summary of this poem.
In the poem on His Blindness, “Patience” is personified as a human being. It listens to the poet and answers him in order to clear his (poet’s) doubt.
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