Talk:Assonance

Shouldn't it be an Eminem example that doesn't rhyme so as not confuse the issue? I like otherwise.

NICE reference to Eminem. I can see now that he deploys this technique all the time!

== Eminem section removed. =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)[reply]

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)[reply]

TEST 128.146.172.200 17:40, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that was me

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!

really a rhyme?

Isn't Haydn pronounced, "hidin'" and not "hay-den"?

That, plus typical conversation wouldn't pronounce "a" as "ay", but as a schwa. Removing, it should be easier to find better examples; with so few chosen, all of them should be clear enough to not lead to any such questions. -Silence 04:01, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tennyson

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).[reply]

What song it that

Which Eminem song is it? 75.153.204.116 03:06, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Alliteration

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)[reply]