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Shouldn't it be an Eminem example that doesn't rhyme so as not to confuse the issue? I like otherwise.
NICE reference to Eminem. I can see now that he deploys this technique all the time!
The examples from Big Pun and Public Enemy are not intended to be assonance. For example, note the use of "had it" "addict" "static". Public Enemy did not use these words for assonance; they are slant rhymes (or imperfect rhymes). A fundamental aspect of hip-hop is to improvise, and this is shown through the common use of slant rhymes as opposed to perfect rhymes, as this widens the scope of content with which to rhyme. Assonance and slant rhymes may share common traits, however it is certain that Public Enemy intended the words "addict" and "static" to rhyme, rather than simply displaying assonance. Gwame ( talk) 23:59, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
assonance a domonative sound of a vowel
I removed the Eminem section.
Don't get me wrong here: I love Eminem. He's one of my favorite lyricists. But he's a pop phenomenon and a fairly new addition to the "great rhymers" canon. Providing ONLY Eminem's instances of assonance while ignoring other bigger, better, and more important rappers (hello, people! Big Daddy Kane? Run DMC?) reveals a gross bias in this article, as well as someone's general ignorance about hip-hop.
Eminem's not the only rapper out there, folks. And there are much, much better uses of assonance in our language. Is it that hard for someone to put, I don't know, Shakespeare on this page?
But for those of you who think I'm hating: I did include ONE example from Eminem on the page along with the other examples. I also believe it's the best example to include, since it still sensical when taken out of the context of the verse.
Thank you for keeping an Eminem quote :) While I'm not a fan, I am very opposed to the idea of a 'canon', and think it is a good example of contemporary use of Assonance! Jellocube27 09:48, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
Maybe I'm just a traditionalist, but Eminem right under Robert Louis Stevenson, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Edgar Allan Poe? Can we at least call me Marshal Mathers III? That sounds a litle more legitimate.
69.152.236.158
18:22, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Seriously, I will not say I like Eminem, nor Kanye West, I listen to neither. This does not, however, mean I hate them. However, both examples are horrible examples of alliteration. Eminem's is the worst of the two, not only does it not form a coherent statement on its own, it barely fits alliteration. Maybe I am pronouncing something wrong, but i don't get repetition of anything. Kanye's example is a better example of consonance where the c sound is very prominent in the line, though it does do a better job at being coherent. Longbowe 03:08, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
This article is about assonance, not alliteration. You should check which article you are on before criticizing it. 203.129.39.80 ( talk) 05:17, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
Haha, yes, I know Eminem probably isn't the greatest rhymer of the English language, I just put him in there for fun, and also partly to dispel the thought that he has no talent. Thanks for keeping an example in there though!
I disagree with the earlier suggestion that the Eminem example is a poor one. As long as the quote is a correct sample of assonance it is not important that "proper grammar" be used. In fact as an encyclopedia it's probably a good idea to include samples of grammar that is in use, documenting the whole rather than just the static rules. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.107.35.21 ( talk) 00:14, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
Isn't Haydn pronounced, "hidin'" and not "hay-den"?
What exactly is the relevant assonance supposed to be in the Tennyson example: the repetition of [ ɚ]? That should be made clear with boldfacing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.70.243.126 ( talk) 17:07, 9 December 2006 (UTC).
Which Eminem song is it? 75.153.204.116 03:06, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
"No Apologies"
It is off the Re-Up. Also, I love how pretty much everything on this talk page is regarding the Eminem reference. Funny! -- Dexter111344 23:35, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
yall need 2 stop talking so much and put in a poem......... Some of us have work 2 do...
I have the re-up on my USB hard drive somewhere, What about the Kanye West one?
RealG187
16:09, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
It is from the song "Get Em High" off of The College Dropout. -- Dexter111344 19:59, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
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I added a "see also" for Alliteration, cuz that's same thing except for vowles and the first letter, all the ubuntu distributions used this and I couldn't get the word, so i looked here... This would come in handy for people who know Assonance but not Alliteration. RealG187 16:22, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Isn't this more an example of rhyme rather than assonance? True, this rhyme does have assonance, but it's not really a good example to show for assonance. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hezaa ( talk • contribs) 15:55, 10 April 2007 (UTC).
(Reply: If it contains assonance, leave it be. It proves an example of both an Oxymoron & Assonance combined thus providing a somewhat challenging, yet perfectly legitimate example) Thanks
Quoting the words of Michael Caine and Julie Walters in Educating Rita, "...assonance is getting the rhyme wrong." Genius.
I am not a registered editor of Wikipedia, but I did notice that someone had vandalised this page (by adding the words "god save the queen") and thought I might as well fix it. I undid the previous alteration, and also changed "The i's in those words have same vowel sounds" to "The i's in those words have the same vowel sounds".
J. J. Guest
Assonance is repetition of vowel sounds in taking or in the every day talking —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.3.121.249 ( talk) 18:31, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
When it's written in Britain we get a little smitten/ like a kitten the cuddle is where I'm benefittin'
- Anthony Kiedis, Mercy Mercy, Red Hot Chili Peppers
I always thought that song had loads of good examples tbh.
SUM OF DESE BOUS NEED TO NO DAT SUM OF US CANT GET A BOYFRIEND LIKE JAILON. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.231.184.224 ( talk) 21:00, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
In Educating Rita the lecturer tells Julie Walters that "swan" and "stone" are assonant rhymes. But that doesn't seem right according to this article. Can anyone confirm whether swan/stone is assonant? (And, no, it wasn't me that added the bit about Educating Rita to the article, but it did make me chuckle to see it there as I still have the film on the telly beside me. -- bodnotbod ( talk) 22:21, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
I agree that it does not seem like assonance. Some argue that it is consonance instead, because the initial consonants match. But in The Listeners by Walter De La Mare, he rhymes 'stone' with 'gone', and here in Britain, particularly in the South of England and Scotland, the word 'scone' ( Scone (bread)) is typically pronounced with a short o so that it rhymes with 'swan' and 'gone' (whereas in the North of England they often pronounce it with a long o so that it rhymes with 'stone'). So it seems likely to me that the word 'stone' was pronounced with a short o by Yeats and De La Mare such that for them, 'stone' rhymed perfectly with 'swan', 'gone', and the British 'scone'. So I don't think that it was assonance or consonance or even 'getting the rhyme wrong'. But I'm only guessing. David G Anderson ( talk) 15:51, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
this page is really sloppy-looking and I see alot of inconsistencies (such as certain quotes having quotation marks {and periods} at the end of them and others not having them, letters being capitalized that shouldn't be {and vice versa in some instances}, "shit" being censored and then uncensored further down the page, etc.) but it won't let me edit it and clean it up for some reason so can someone else please? it shouldn't be very much work, just a few things here and there.
sorry if this seems whiny, by the way. I'd do it myself if wikipedia would let me.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.214.57.198 ( talk • contribs) 09:08, 22 March 2013
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Shouldn't it be an Eminem example that doesn't rhyme so as not to confuse the issue? I like otherwise.
NICE reference to Eminem. I can see now that he deploys this technique all the time!
The examples from Big Pun and Public Enemy are not intended to be assonance. For example, note the use of "had it" "addict" "static". Public Enemy did not use these words for assonance; they are slant rhymes (or imperfect rhymes). A fundamental aspect of hip-hop is to improvise, and this is shown through the common use of slant rhymes as opposed to perfect rhymes, as this widens the scope of content with which to rhyme. Assonance and slant rhymes may share common traits, however it is certain that Public Enemy intended the words "addict" and "static" to rhyme, rather than simply displaying assonance. Gwame ( talk) 23:59, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
assonance a domonative sound of a vowel
I removed the Eminem section.
Don't get me wrong here: I love Eminem. He's one of my favorite lyricists. But he's a pop phenomenon and a fairly new addition to the "great rhymers" canon. Providing ONLY Eminem's instances of assonance while ignoring other bigger, better, and more important rappers (hello, people! Big Daddy Kane? Run DMC?) reveals a gross bias in this article, as well as someone's general ignorance about hip-hop.
Eminem's not the only rapper out there, folks. And there are much, much better uses of assonance in our language. Is it that hard for someone to put, I don't know, Shakespeare on this page?
But for those of you who think I'm hating: I did include ONE example from Eminem on the page along with the other examples. I also believe it's the best example to include, since it still sensical when taken out of the context of the verse.
Thank you for keeping an Eminem quote :) While I'm not a fan, I am very opposed to the idea of a 'canon', and think it is a good example of contemporary use of Assonance! Jellocube27 09:48, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
Maybe I'm just a traditionalist, but Eminem right under Robert Louis Stevenson, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Edgar Allan Poe? Can we at least call me Marshal Mathers III? That sounds a litle more legitimate.
69.152.236.158
18:22, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Seriously, I will not say I like Eminem, nor Kanye West, I listen to neither. This does not, however, mean I hate them. However, both examples are horrible examples of alliteration. Eminem's is the worst of the two, not only does it not form a coherent statement on its own, it barely fits alliteration. Maybe I am pronouncing something wrong, but i don't get repetition of anything. Kanye's example is a better example of consonance where the c sound is very prominent in the line, though it does do a better job at being coherent. Longbowe 03:08, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
This article is about assonance, not alliteration. You should check which article you are on before criticizing it. 203.129.39.80 ( talk) 05:17, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
Haha, yes, I know Eminem probably isn't the greatest rhymer of the English language, I just put him in there for fun, and also partly to dispel the thought that he has no talent. Thanks for keeping an example in there though!
I disagree with the earlier suggestion that the Eminem example is a poor one. As long as the quote is a correct sample of assonance it is not important that "proper grammar" be used. In fact as an encyclopedia it's probably a good idea to include samples of grammar that is in use, documenting the whole rather than just the static rules. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.107.35.21 ( talk) 00:14, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
Isn't Haydn pronounced, "hidin'" and not "hay-den"?
What exactly is the relevant assonance supposed to be in the Tennyson example: the repetition of [ ɚ]? That should be made clear with boldfacing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.70.243.126 ( talk) 17:07, 9 December 2006 (UTC).
Which Eminem song is it? 75.153.204.116 03:06, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
"No Apologies"
It is off the Re-Up. Also, I love how pretty much everything on this talk page is regarding the Eminem reference. Funny! -- Dexter111344 23:35, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
yall need 2 stop talking so much and put in a poem......... Some of us have work 2 do...
I have the re-up on my USB hard drive somewhere, What about the Kanye West one?
RealG187
16:09, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
It is from the song "Get Em High" off of The College Dropout. -- Dexter111344 19:59, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
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I added a "see also" for Alliteration, cuz that's same thing except for vowles and the first letter, all the ubuntu distributions used this and I couldn't get the word, so i looked here... This would come in handy for people who know Assonance but not Alliteration. RealG187 16:22, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Isn't this more an example of rhyme rather than assonance? True, this rhyme does have assonance, but it's not really a good example to show for assonance. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hezaa ( talk • contribs) 15:55, 10 April 2007 (UTC).
(Reply: If it contains assonance, leave it be. It proves an example of both an Oxymoron & Assonance combined thus providing a somewhat challenging, yet perfectly legitimate example) Thanks
Quoting the words of Michael Caine and Julie Walters in Educating Rita, "...assonance is getting the rhyme wrong." Genius.
I am not a registered editor of Wikipedia, but I did notice that someone had vandalised this page (by adding the words "god save the queen") and thought I might as well fix it. I undid the previous alteration, and also changed "The i's in those words have same vowel sounds" to "The i's in those words have the same vowel sounds".
J. J. Guest
Assonance is repetition of vowel sounds in taking or in the every day talking —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.3.121.249 ( talk) 18:31, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
When it's written in Britain we get a little smitten/ like a kitten the cuddle is where I'm benefittin'
- Anthony Kiedis, Mercy Mercy, Red Hot Chili Peppers
I always thought that song had loads of good examples tbh.
SUM OF DESE BOUS NEED TO NO DAT SUM OF US CANT GET A BOYFRIEND LIKE JAILON. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.231.184.224 ( talk) 21:00, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
In Educating Rita the lecturer tells Julie Walters that "swan" and "stone" are assonant rhymes. But that doesn't seem right according to this article. Can anyone confirm whether swan/stone is assonant? (And, no, it wasn't me that added the bit about Educating Rita to the article, but it did make me chuckle to see it there as I still have the film on the telly beside me. -- bodnotbod ( talk) 22:21, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
I agree that it does not seem like assonance. Some argue that it is consonance instead, because the initial consonants match. But in The Listeners by Walter De La Mare, he rhymes 'stone' with 'gone', and here in Britain, particularly in the South of England and Scotland, the word 'scone' ( Scone (bread)) is typically pronounced with a short o so that it rhymes with 'swan' and 'gone' (whereas in the North of England they often pronounce it with a long o so that it rhymes with 'stone'). So it seems likely to me that the word 'stone' was pronounced with a short o by Yeats and De La Mare such that for them, 'stone' rhymed perfectly with 'swan', 'gone', and the British 'scone'. So I don't think that it was assonance or consonance or even 'getting the rhyme wrong'. But I'm only guessing. David G Anderson ( talk) 15:51, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
this page is really sloppy-looking and I see alot of inconsistencies (such as certain quotes having quotation marks {and periods} at the end of them and others not having them, letters being capitalized that shouldn't be {and vice versa in some instances}, "shit" being censored and then uncensored further down the page, etc.) but it won't let me edit it and clean it up for some reason so can someone else please? it shouldn't be very much work, just a few things here and there.
sorry if this seems whiny, by the way. I'd do it myself if wikipedia would let me.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.214.57.198 ( talk • contribs) 09:08, 22 March 2013