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Definition of Assonated
1. assonate [v] - See also: assonate
Literary usage of Assonated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Spanish Anthology: A Collection of Lyrics From The Thirteenth Century Down by Jeremiah Denis Matthias Ford (1917)
"134,1. 20, where Cervantes has descuido in assonance with confuso. So also,
Meléndez Valdés assonated tumba and cuidan. Viuda was formerly viuda, ..."
2. Old Spanish Readings: Selected on the Basis of Critically Edited Texts by Jeremiah Denis Matthias Ford (1911)
"Each ballad line is really only half of an original long line of 16 (14) syllables,
and the long lines all assonated together, while the shorter ballad ..."
3. Ten Spanish Farces of the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries by George Tyler Northup (1922)
"The last 8 lines are twelve-syllable verses, assonated in pairs. The next to the
last line has a superfluous syllable. We should probably read: ..."
4. A Brief Spanish Grammar with Historical Introductions and Exercises by August Hjalmar Edgren (1899)
"Blank lines are also common, especially in combination with rhymed or assonated.
— Ex.: a. Rhyme: b. Assonance: No digo que ha de querer por fuerza la que ..."
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