Rhyme

 RHYME


A **R ****hyme ** is the repetition of similar sounds in the end of two or more words. It can be use in poems or prose (such as Shakespeare- who at times used rhyming couplets). //For example: // The weather is **nice** Like sugar and **spice** In this case, 'nice' and 'spice' would complete a Rhyme as their ending sounds of 'ice' are the same. --- However, as there is a general definition of 'Rhyme' there is also subcategories of 'Exact rhyme' and 'Slant rhyme'.

 An **Exact Rhyme ** can also be called a full rhyme, perfect rhyme or a true rhyme. An Exact Rhyme is when the later part of the chosen word sounds identical to the other word being used. There are several conditions which must met in order for a rhyme to be an Exact Rhyme. //For example: //  2. Both words must have identical vowel sounds (the spelling of the end of the word does not need to be the same!) //For example: //  3.The articulation that precedes the vowel sound in the word must differ. It must not sound as if you are repeating the same word again. //For example: // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> -- An EXAMPLE of an **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Exact Rhyme **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> utilized by **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Philip Larkin ** __//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;"> 'This Be the Verse'. //__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> "They fuck you up, your mum and **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults the y had And add some extra, just for you. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">"
 * __**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">EXACT RHYME **__
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Word 1 (being the first word used) and Word 2 (being the second word used) must have the same stresses.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">'Try' and 'Country' DO NOT have the same stresses and are thus not perfect rhymes.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">'Lie' and 'Comply' **DO** have the same stresses
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> 'Sky' and 'Lie' BOTH have identical vowel sounds and thus are an example of an exacty rhyme
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">'Hear' and 'Ear' is NOT an exact rhyme because there is no distinct articulation for the letter 'h'.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">'Leave' and 'Believe' is NOT an exact rhyme. If you say 'leave' out loud and then say 'believe' out loud, it will sound as if you are repeating the word only this time adding a 'be' in front of it. Thus it is not considered to be an exact rhyme.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">'Rice' and 'Concise' is an exact rhyme as the preceding articulation before the vowel sounds are different.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18.2px; line-height: 21px;">' **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Dad ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18.2px; line-height: 21px;">' is an <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">exact rhyme <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18.2px; line-height: 21px;"> with ' **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Had ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18.2px; line-height: 21px;">' while ' **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Do' ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18.2px; line-height: 21px;"> is an <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">exact rhyme <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18.2px; line-height: 21px;"> with ' **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">You ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18.2px; line-height: 21px;">'. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> A **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Slant Rhyme **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> can also be called a near rhyme, half rhyme, sprung rhyme, oblique rhyme, imperfect rhyme or off rhyme. A Slant Rhyme is when consonance is used on the FINAL consonants of the words being used. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">For example: //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">An Example //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> of a Slant Rhyme would be: As one cannot touch a **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">soul **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> , Or reach for the moon , One is left to **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">fall **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> , As time streches on.
 * __**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">SLANT RHYME/ NEAR RHYME **__
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">'ill' and 'shell'
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Slant Rhyme ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">s **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> also TEND to be (but are not always) 'Eye Rhymes', otherwise known as 'visual rhymes' or 'sight rhymes', which is when there is a similarity of spelling between two or more words which are pronounced differently and thus, do not rhyme when prounced out loud (ex. Height & Eight or Tomb & Comb). A slant rhyme is not an exact rhyme and thus the words used do not rhyme perfectly. Instead, the emphasis is on the consonance of the final consonants. Slant Rhymes can be found in raps, Irish verse and Icelandic verse.

In this case 'soul' and 'on' are slant rhymes and 'moon' and 'on' are slant rhymes. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Another example //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> of a slant rhyme would be: I think you look **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">funny **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> I say you look **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">lovely **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> In this case, 'funny' and 'lovely' would be slant rhymes. -- An EXAMPLE of a **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Slant **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Rhyme **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> utilized by **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Philip Larkin **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">__'An Arundel Tomb__ ////<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">__'__ //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">"Time has transfigured them **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">into ** Untruth. The stone fidelity They hardly meant has come to be Thier final blazon, and to **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">prove **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> Our almost-instinct almost **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">true **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">: What will survive us is **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">love. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">'Into **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 143%;">' is a slant rhyme when put together with ' **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">True ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 143%;">' while **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">'Prove **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18.2px;">' is a slant rhyme when put together with ' **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Love' ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">

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