Sunday, January 4, 2015

What is an example of assonance in Charles W. Kennedy's translation of Beowulf, lines 1 through 1895?

Assonance is the repetition of a vowel sound within a line
of poetry. An example of assonance is "the rash wants to dash away from my cash." While
this does not necessarily make sense, the repetition of the "a" sound within rash, dash,
and cash is obvious.


As for an example of assonance taken
from Charles W. Kenneddy's translation of Beowulf, assonance is found in line
41.



To a
mighty host'. Then his mind was
moved.



In this line, the "i"
sound in both mighty and mind denote assonance.


Another example of assonance is found in line
53.


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The Hall of the Hart; and the king
kept well.



Here, the "a"
sound in hall and hart repeat. Again, this repetition of the vowel sound exemplifies
assonance.

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