100 Examples of Consonant and Assonant Rhyme

The rhyme is the repetition of all the sounds starting from the last stressed vowel of two or more verses or statements. For example: plaza –taza. The assonance rhyme It is the repetition of the vowels from the last accented vowel of two or more verses or statements. For example: pltozto – pltontto.

The rhyme is a Figure of speech in which all or some of the sounds from the last stressed vowel of two or more lines or sentences coincide. It is used for aesthetic purposes in poetry and in theater plays, but also in other literary texts, in Word games, in sayings, in sayings, among others.

Rhyme	assonance rhyme
Definition	It is the repetition of all the sounds from the last accented vowel of the verse.	It is the repetition of the vowel sounds from the last stressed vowel of the verse.
repeating sounds	Consonants and vowels.	Vowels.
examples	greenad – freead fuentity – puentity	greentod–amtor fuandntand –mandyesandyes

• See also: Words that rhyme

Rhyme

The rhyme, also called perfect or total, is one in which the vowels and consonants coincide from the last accented vowel of the verse. For example:

violatedeta – poeta.

This type of rhyme can be established between different words, but it has some rules:

• The same word should not rhyme. For example: chandle –chandle.
• It is not advisable to rhyme compound word either derivative with its primitive word. For example: deshacer (derived word) – hacer (primitive word) / toursol (compound word) – sol (primitive or simple word).
• rhyming is not recommended adverbs ending in -mente. For example: slowlyentity – stealthentity.

assonance rhyme

The assonance rhyme, also called partial, vocalic, imperfect or poor, is one in which only the vowels coincide from the last accented vowel of the verse. For example: violatedandyouto – pianddrto.

However, there are some cases in which it is not necessary for all vowels to be repeated:

• When there is a sdrújula word, in the rhyme only the vowel of the stressed syllable and the last one, but not the one in the middle. For example: músicto –morchto(the "i" of "music" is not taken into account).
• When there is a word with diphthong either triphthong, in the rhyme only the strong vowel is taken into account, but not the weak one. For example:árbeitherl–ctoigeither(the "i" of "caigo" is not taken into account).

Examples of consonant rhyme

1. empieza – grandeza
2. hummingbirdí – believeí
3. surrenderon – songon
4. mainthat –mthat
5. chosewent – Decwent
6. R.umbo – retumbo
7. mazo - aprazo
8. One – opportunityone
9. vouelo – handkerchiefelo
10. R.hoisted – redhoisted
11. Actrleft – empressleft
12. C.there –vthere
13. freedomad - cityad
14. I walkedties - areties
15. painpray – ampray
16. Ring –rring
17. configuses – excuses
18. Jjust –arbjust
19. sweetura – darkura
20. Livestill – go outstill
21. brugh – crugh
22. A.Mor – painor
23. loston – baston
24. R.bear –hermbear
25. Myedo –ruedo
26. invitederno – moderno
27. Seeyear –hermyear
28. SaltGoing – huhGoing
29. crossroadsada – raisedada
30. Pez –vez
31. poema – sayema
32. Lugar – amar
33. posible – fearible
34. Qtyin view of – choosein view of
35. edgeó – numberó
36. Youerr - Yeaherr
37. Marfill – sutill
38. youemployment –contdemployment
39. ruinna – imageinna
40. Victoria – gloria
41. Biin – whoin
42. Creo – passeo
43. VGoing – welcomeGoing
44. prado - colorado
45. With Migo – amigo
46. hmmyear – faryear
47. R.isa – deprisa
48. Glassinna – terminna
49. gardenin –carmin
50. Laug –haug

Examples of poems with consonant rhyme

1. Fragment of "I am that one", by Rubén Darío

I am the one that yesterday no more saidwent
the blue verse and the prof songAna,
in whose night a nightingale habwent
that it was light lark in the morningAna.

The owner went from my garden to hisdream,
full of roses and swans vaug;
the owner of the turtledoves, the dudream
of gondolas and lyres in the laug;

1. Fragment of "I grow a white rose", by José Martí

I grow a white rosehaunch
in June as inwas
for the sync friendwas
who gives me his handhaunch.

And for the cruel one who took mehaunch
the heart with which youivo,
thistle or nettle cultivo;
I grow the rose blhaunch.

1. Fragment of "Sonnet XIII, A tempestad", by Lope de Vega

With imperfect circles inheazan
rays the air, that in speech brEve
Guadarrama is buried in dense norEve,
whose white seems to loveazan.

The winds, fields and ships firedazan;
the arc, the sea with the ends bdrink,
go up to the pole, and again it rainsEve,
with which the earth, the sea and the sky openedazan.

1. Fragment of "Loving Sonnet", by Francisco de Quevedo

Wait, rigorous thoughtthen,
do not lose respect to whoseare.
Image, sun or shadow, what do I want?are?
Let me rest on my backthen.

Divine Thyrsis, burn me ifthen:
be soft as beautiful among womenare;
Look how absent you are, I'm hiare;
loosen the strings to the tormthen.

1. Fragment of "Sonnet XXIV", by Garcilaso de la Vega

Illustrious honor of Card's nameona
Parn's tenth denizenaso,
to Tansilo, to Minturno, to the cult Taso
noble subject of immortal corona;

if in the middle of the road you don't give upona
strength and spirit to your Laso,
for you my daring p will take measo
to the difficult summit of Helicona.

• See also: rhyming poems

Examples of assonance rhyme

1. mainYopieither –sYoyoueither
2. C.úpulto –púrpurto
3. mornaeither –rormbeither
4. pelYogreither –sYogleither
5. cabinandlleither - painterandsceither
6. GreatYozeither –dYojeither
7. Qtytonaeither – amtoreitherno
8. heithermbrand – rooteithernoandyes
9. trYostand – heYobrand
10. No.orband – heornoandyes
11. youtonteither – playedtoreitherno
12. Youandpmeither – handkerchiefandheeither
13. stormandntto – huhandrtto
14. B.andllto - hisandñto
15. TOñeithers – closedtodeither
16. Lornoto – camorflto
17. Pltoandto - its Ttobto
18. darkorrto –borscto
19. No.eitherchand – ficcieithernoandyes
20. B.eithersqand –veithercandyes
21. VYodto –cYontto
22. oheitherrto –seitherheto
23. Bltoncto –stoltto
24. TOvand –ptorandno
25. bettereitherr – danceó
26. hellotodto –ctontto
27. To theandgrand – puanddandno
28. youtordand – cooktostand
29. Naturetol – findáno
30. secorreither –sorandeither
31. EITHERreither – aireitheryeseither
32. Fortornoto –ocorltto
33. laberYonteither – livedYodeither
34. Momandnteither –candrreither
35. firstandreither - Yeahandnteither
36. richandzto – piandnsto
37. EITHERjeithers–peitherceither
38. Vandrdand – cellandstand
39. Venttonoto – pltontto
40. Jamás – comeá
41. preitheryesto –seithermbrto
42. luandgeither – buoandnoeither
43. Answerandyoueither –etandrneither
44. C.toyesto –vtoandto
45. C.tolmto – hetonoto
46. paintorrto –conforyesto
47. brYollto –brYoyesto
48. butterflyeitheryesto –ceitherpto
49. strandllto – simpleandzto
50. mornaeither –morreither

Examples of poems with assonance rhyme

1. Fragment of “Villancico III”, by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

This is justice, hear the question!óno!,
What does the King Our Lord command to do?eitherr,
in her mother intact from her, because she fulfilledó
her will with all perfectionóno.
Hear the cry, hear the questionón!

1. Fragment of "Rima II", by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

that flying arrow
crosses, thrown into the skytor,
without guessing where
trembling to nailá;

dry leaf of the tree
snatch the blindfoldtohe,
without anyone hitting the groove
where to fall backá;

1. Fragment of "Precious and the air", by Federico García Lorca

her parchment moon
gorgeous touching sawandnoand
by an amphibian path
of crystals and laurelandheands.
The silence without stars
fleeing from sonsonandyouand,
falls where the sea beats and sings
his night full of pandcands.

1. Fragment of "Ciego que puntas y atinas", by Luis de Góngora

 enough time wasted
that I have followed, to my weighttor,
your restless flags,
outlaw captainán;
forgive me, Love, here,
Well, I forgive youheá,
four shields of patience,
ten ahead in amtor.

1. Fragment of "Romance of Count Olinos", anonymous

Count Olinos got up early,
morning of San Jutono,
to give water to his horse
on the banks of the mtor.
(…)
From her a heron would be born;
of him a strong hawkáno.
Together they fly through the sky
Together they fly pair to ptor.

• See also: rhyming verses

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References

• Bello, a. (1835). Principles of orthology and metrics of the Spanish language. Opinion Press.
• Beristain, H. (1995). Rhetoric and Poetic dictionary. Editorial Porrua S. TO.
• Dominguez Caparrós, J. (2015). Rhyme. In Spanish Dictionary of International Literary Terms. Available in: DETLI