The Assonance in Wonder by Thomas Terherne Poetry

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