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perfect rhyme
noun
- rhyme of two words spelled or pronounced identically but differing in meaning, as rain, reign; rich rhyme.
perfect rhyme
noun
- Also calledfull 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
- a rhyme between two words that are pronounced the same although differing in meaning, as in bough/bow
Example Sentences
âI canât relate to desperation,â she sang â a lie, of course, but a perfect rhyme for âMy give-a-fâs are on vacation.â
Finally, in the run-up to the November 1932 Reichstag elections, Hitler urged his followers to rally, with the promise, âEs wird wild werden,â an almost too perfect rhyme with Trumpâs call to his followers for Jan. 6, 2021, âBe there, will be wild!â
âWe were like, âWait, not only did you solve something with an exact perfect rhyme, but it means we donât have to electrocute babies and we can make it into a murder trial?ââ
I like making words fit together like puzzle pieces, and coming up with the perfect rhyme.
But perfect rhyme is still a big plus â and donât even think of ârhyming,â say, âIllinoisâ and âgroin,â as does one of the Epics.
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