Perfect rhymes
Perfect rhymes repeat every sound from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
2 syllables
- controlled
- behold
- ahold
- uphold
- unfold
- enrolled
- withhold
- untold
- foretold
- paroled
- consoled
3 syllables
- uncontrolled
“gold” has 26 perfect rhymes in this list, from 1 to 3 syllables. The most common are told, old, and hold. For a softer sound there are 40 near rhymes too, such as home, those, and hello. The two example lines rhyme “gold” with “cold” and “bold”.
It rhymes with the same words as cold and old.
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.
The thrift store jacket, buttons painted gold,
still smells like someone else's winter cold.
My aunt has crooked teeth and one of gold,
and she laughs with all of them, fearless and bold.
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