Assonance is characterized as the literary device in which there is a repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds though with different consonants.
In the poem titled 'Making a Fist', one example of assonance would be in the repeated occurrence of vowel sound 'i' in 'wide' and 'inside.' This example conveys the idea of 'life being vast consisting of both the joys and troubling times as well' which associates to the central message of poem 'an individual's strength in his/her self irreespective of the type of the situation' and make it more effective.
-A foil is a character who directly contrasts the traits or qualities of another character. In most cases, the foil contrasts the main character, also called the protagonist.
