perfect rhyme
Americannoun
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rhyme of two words spelled or pronounced identically but differing in meaning, as rain, reign; rich rhyme.
noun
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Also called: full rhyme. rhyme between words in which the stressed vowels and any succeeding consonants are identical although the consonants preceding the stressed vowels may be different, as between part/hart or believe/conceive
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a rhyme between two words that are pronounced the same although differing in meaning, as in bough/bow
Example Sentences
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Of course, to Adams “fire” and “desire” may be the perfect rhyme.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2015
I like making words fit together like puzzle pieces, and coming up with the perfect rhyme.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
Beyond this it is necessary that the syllables, to form a full and perfect rhyme, should be accented syllables.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
He repeated it over and over to himself, dwelling joyously on its perfect rhyme, until he was convinced it was a good poem and that Skim had enviously slandered it.
From Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
“I will rhyme it as I run along, and when I hesitate and can not make good sense and a perfect rhyme, we’ll go to sleep.”
From Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life by Drinkwater, Jennie M.
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