Abstract:
This study deals with Assonance in Wonder by Thomas Terherne Poetry. The
objectives of this study were to find out and the most dominant of assonance sound
in Wonder by Thomas Terherne Poetry. Descriptive qualitative method was carried
out to analyze the data. The source of the data was taken from pronunciation‟s book,
and web page and this research was carried out at library of UMSU on Jl. Kapten
Muchtar Basri No.53 Medan. The data collected were analyzed based on nine of
assonance sound they were /aʊ/, /ʌ/, /ɪ/, /ə/, /ɛ/,/əʊ/, /ɔ/, /ɒ/, and /i/. Identifying of
assonance sounds in Wonder by Thomas Terherne and calculating the percentage of
the assonance sound which are the most dominant of assonance sound. The
percentage of assonance in Wonder by Thomas Terherne Poetry. They were 75 items
namely /aʊ/ 2 items (2.70%) /ʌ/ 5 items (6.70%) /ɪ/ 43 items (57.33%) /ə/ 14 items
(18.70%) /ɛ/ 5 items (6.70%) /əʊ/ 1 item (1.33%) /ɔ/ 2 items (2.70%) /i/ 1 item
(2.70%) /ɒ/ (1.33%) in Wonder by Thomas Terherne Poetry. The most dominantly
sound of assonance in Wonder by Thomas Terherne Poetry is /ɪ/ 43 items
(57.33%) it meant vowel sound of /ɪ/ was the dominant assonance sound. By
understanding and categorizing of assonance sound the readers are able to use
assonance accurately
