Like alliteration, it has melodious and emphatic qualities: 15 Tenderly bury the fair young dead ...(La Costa) Or: Forgive what seemed my sin in me. (Tennyson) Normally, assonance does not appear alone: it is accompanied by other means of sound orchestration, i.e alliteration, rhyme: Hear the sledges with the bells Silver bells What a world of merriment their melody foretells! (Poe) Some scholars have attempted to relate vowel sounds to the meaning they convey. The sound / I / , either alone or in dipthtongs, is said to produce the impression of lightness, airiness, brightness. The fields breathe sweet, the daisises kiss our feet, Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit ... (T.Nashe) The length of vowels is also relevant: long vowels tend to sound more peaceful or more solemn than short ones, which tend to give an impression of quick movement, agitation or
something that cannot be reached or n. inaccessibility communicated with adv. inaccessibly Syn. remote The summit of the mountain was inaccessible. The dignitary's inaccessibility frustrated the reporter. obviously adv. in a clear, easy to understand way adj. obvious Syn. evidently It had obviously rained. It was obvious that he had not practiced his oral report. Predictably adv. in a way that foretells future events adj. predictable Syn. expectedly v. predict n. prediction She predictably forgot to do her assignment. The government's predictions were accurate. Solve v. to find the answer n. solution Syn. resolve They solved the problem in a way that benefited the entire neighborhood. The solution to the problem was elusive. Suitable adj. appropriate, correct; convenient adv
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