Perfect rhymes
Perfect rhymes repeat every sound from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
1 syllable
2 syllables
- goodbye
- deny
- supply
- nearby
- apply
- july
- rely
- reply
- untie
- shanghai
- hereby
- defy
- standby
- comply
- imply
- thereby
- whereby
- bonsai
“sky” has 49 perfect rhymes in this list, from 1 to 2 syllables. The most common are my, why, and by. For a softer sound there are 40 near rhymes too, such as night, guys, and nice. The two example lines rhyme “sky” with “high” and “try”.
It rhymes with the same words as cry, goodbye and fly.
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.
My neighbor hangs the laundry, sheets piled high,
and reads tomorrow's weather in the sky.
The kite string snapped; we didn't even try
to chase it, just watched it shrink into the sky.
Lines written for this page. Use them as a starting point, not as a finished verse.