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
With ivy garlands on his fadeless brow, Catullus hails his peer in perfect rhyme; Comes Calvus, too; and slandered Gallus! thou,— Not guilty, save if wasted love be crime!
From The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse by Theodore C. Williams
Bless me! of life it is just the prime, A fact that I hope she will understand; And forty year is a perfect rhyme To dark brown eyes and a pretty hand.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson
Leprosie: The antiquated spelling is used for the perfect rhyme and to secure the antique flavor.
From The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. by James Russell Lowell
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