Answer:
Examples of Assonance in Literature:
Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabelle Lee": "And so all the night-tide, I lie down by the side of my darling-my darling-my life and my bride" (repetition of the long i sound)
William Blake's "Tyger": "Tyger, Tyger burning bright in the forest of the night" (repetition of the long i sound)
Here are a few short assonance examples:
"Hear the mellow wedding bells" by Edgar Allen Poe.
"Try to light the fire"
"I lie down by the side fo my bride"/"Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese"/"Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dark fox gone to ground" by Pink Floyd.
"It's hot and it's monotonous." by Sondheim.
