Perfect rhymes
Perfect rhymes repeat every sound from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
1 syllable
- thing
- bring
- sing
- ring
- spring
- swing
- wing
- string
- ding
- sting
- ling
- ping
- fling
- cling
- sling
- wring
“king” has 16 perfect rhymes in this list, all with 1 syllable. The most common are thing, bring, and sing. For a softer sound there are 40 near rhymes too, such as things, years, and which. The two example lines rhyme “king” with “ring” and “string”.
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.
A paper crown, a plastic candy ring:
my little brother's birthday, he's the king.
My cat ignores the toys, just wants the string,
then sleeps across my laptop like a king.
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