Note 22 — INTRODUCTION
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Footnote 22:
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Assonance is rare in popular English verse, but it occurs in some household rimes; e. g.:
Little Tommy Tucker, He cried for his supper. What shall little Tommy Tucker have for his supper? Black-eyed beans and bread and butter.
Here the assonance is ú-er (final unstressed -er in standard present-day English represents vocalic r).