类韵(英语:Assonance)是西方诗歌里的一种押韵形式,意思是一行韵文或一首里头有元音韵的重复。

因为在西方语言的单字大多数有韵尾,若押韵要连带韵尾一起难易度极高,所以有类韵方式,不在乎辅音韵尾只要元音相同即可,甚至也有无视元音韵尾。这类在现代中文歌曲也有相同状况,如i、in、ing或o、ou、ong等状况。

示例

  • Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
  • Dead in the middle of little Italy, little did we know that we riddled two middle men who didn't do diddily.
  • on a proud round cloud in a white high night