Perfect rhymes
Perfect rhymes repeat every sound from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
1 syllable
- of
- shove
- glove
- dove
2 syllables
- above
- thereof
“love” has 6 perfect rhymes in this list, from 1 to 2 syllables. The most common are shove, glove, dove, and above. For a softer sound there are 40 near rhymes too, such as won, does, and done. The two example lines rhyme “love” with “glove” and “shove”.
Perfect rhymes repeat every sound from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
Near rhymes keep the vowel sound and change the consonants: softer, and there are many more of them.
Dad still keeps Mom's old gardening glove
by the door. He never talks about love.
Last bus home, all elbows, push and shove,
and you kept me a seat. I call that love.
Lines written for this page. Use them as a starting point, not as a finished verse.