| Dictionary: eye rhyme |
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eye rhyme, a kind of rhyme in which the spellings of paired words appear to match but without true correspondence in pronunciation: dive/give, said/maid. Some examples, like love/prove, were originally true rhymes but have become eye rhymes through changes in pronunciation: these are known as ‘historical rhymes’. See also consonance, half‐rhyme, poetic licence.
| WordNet: eye rhyme |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
an imperfect rhyme (e.g., `love' and `move')
| Wikipedia: Eye rhyme |
Eye rhyme, also called visual rhyme and sight rhyme, is a similarity in spelling between words that are pronounced differently and hence, not an auditory rhyme. An example is the pair slaughter and laughter.
Many older English poems, particularly those written in Middle English or written in The Renaissance, contain rhymes that were originally true or full rhymes, but as read by modern readers they are now eye rhymes because of shifts in pronunciation. An example is prove and love.
Other eye rhymes:
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