Assonance- use of words whose vowels sounds are parallel to each other, often seperated by varying consonants
Ex. " I hear the sledges with the bells
Silver bells!
What a world of merriment their melody foretells"
-The Bells, Edgar Allen Poe
citation: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/figures/assonance.htm
http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/poe/bells.html
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