full rhyme
nounProsody.
rhyme in which the stressed vowels and all following consonants and vowels are identical, but the consonants preceding the rhyming vowels are different, as in chain, brain; soul, pole.
- Also called perfect rhyme, rime suffisante, true rhyme.
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It is much better kept for full rhyme, in which vowels and consonants both "sound with" each other.
The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory | George SaintsburyIts first beginnings are found in the Latin ecclesiastical hymns, and these soon developed into real or full-rhyme.
A History of English Versification | Jakob Schipper
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