Answer:
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Explanation:
A example of assonance can be found in Poe's famous work "The Raven." Watch how the short /e/ and long /o/ vowel sounds from the name of the speaker's late wife, Lenore, are found throughout the second stanza:
"Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore -
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore -
Nameless here for evermore"
There's a brief interlude of long /a/ sounds in "rare and radiant maiden" and "nameless," which reflects the fleeting beauty of Lenore. But the vowel sounds from Lenore's name haunt the speaker throughout the poem, including in the raven's repeated taunt "Nevermore."
