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single rhyme

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noun

  1. a rhyme of monosyllables, as in heart, part.


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Geisel could spend days perfecting a single rhyme, lest it shine duller than the other gems surrounding it.

From Washington Post May 10, 2019

The sheer amount of magnetism, hauteur, mischief and yearning she can squeeze out of a single rhyme has made her one of the most astonishing rappers to ever do it to it.

From Washington Post Aug. 13, 2018

Queen only used do/you as an end rhyme once in its 15 albums, and there is no single rhyme that Queen used in more than five different songs.

From Slate Feb. 21, 2014

The Kwilu River is the throughway here: Kwilu, a word without a single rhyme.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Otherwise, the rhythm bears the appearance of a six-foot accentual iambic, an appearance which is confirmed by the recurrence of a single rhyme or assonance in a throughout the poem.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

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