“Frank: There, you see, an example of assonance.
Rita: Oh, it means getting' the rhyme wrong.”

— Willy Russell , book Educating Rita

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Educating Rita (1980)

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“Frank: There, you see, an example of assonance.
Rita: Oh, it means getting' the rhyme wrong.”