Assonance constraint¶
assonance_constraint · form · validated
A text bound by repeated vowel sounds rather than by full rhyme, the agreement falling inside words as well as at line ends.
Provenance¶
- Source: Traditional; the binding device of Old French and Spanish epic
- Attribution:
traditional— classical or folk; no single origin to name - Checkability:
self— decidable from the text and its parameters alone - Attested:
codified— formulated as a rule by a tradition rather than declared by an author
Details¶
- Kind: restrictive
- Languages: en, fr
- Requires:
tokens,phonemes - Deterministic: yes
- In other languages: Contrainte d'assonance (fr)
Prompt hint¶
Bind the lines by repeating vowel sounds rather than by rhyming.
Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
minimum |
integer | 2 |
How many words in a line must share a vowel. |
Examples¶
rain-and-stays-and-mainly¶
en — this text satisfies the procedure.
the rain in spain stays mainly plain
Source: constructed example, the "rain in spain" pattern
no-shared-vowel¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
cat dog jumps
Source: constructed counterexample
wiederholtes-a¶
de — this text satisfies the procedure.
der Wald am Rand hat Sand
Source: constructed example; Wald, am, Rand, hat and Sand all carry the same vowel
kein-geteilter-vokal¶
de — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
die Blume blüht im Sommer
Source: constructed counterexample
voyelle-nasale-repetee¶
fr — this text satisfies the procedure.
le vent souffle sur le grand champ
Source: constructed example; vent, grand and champ all carry the nasal vowel /ɑ̃/
aucune-voyelle-partagee¶
fr — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
le chat dort
Source: constructed counterexample