ASSONANT RHYMES,is a term particularly applied to a kind of Verses common among the Spaniards, where a Resemblance of Sound serves instead of a natural Rhyme. See RHYME.
Thus, "Zigera, cubierta, tierra, mesa," may answer each other in a kind of assonant Rhyme; in regard they have each an 'e' in the penultimate Syllable, and an 'a' in the last.
ASSONANT RHYMES
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