perfect rhymes
Sound-identical word endings
Perfect rhymes are words whose final stressed syllables match exactly in sound from the vowel onward: cat/hat, observe/deserve, invitation/celebration.
The consonants before the vowel must differ—otherwise you have identical rhymes rather than perfect ones.
Perfect rhymes contrast with slant rhymes or near rhymes, where the sounds are similar but not exact.
- versesLines of poetry
- syllablesUnits of pronunciation
- matchesPairs that align
- rhythmsPatterns of repeated movement
- stanzasUnits of grouped lines
sound-alike · euphony · couplet · cadence · stressed syllable · phoneme · homophone · meters · quatrain · sounds · harmony · sonnet · hymn · limerick · chant · diphthong · rap · hip hop lyrics
perfect rhymesblank verse
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
free verse · prose · dissonance · cacophony
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