The earliest known example is from a Chinese text written in the 10 th century BC. Rhyme has played a huge part in literature over many millennia of human existence. For example, “good” and food” look like they should rhyme, but their vowel sounds are different. Eye rhyme: This is common in English because so many of our words are spelled in the same way, yet have different pronunciations.However, in French, this type of rhyming is actually quite popular and has its own classification, rime riche. For example, “way,” “weigh,” and “whey” are identical rhymes and are not considered to be good rhymes. Identical rhymes: Homonyms in English don’t satisfy the rules of perfect rhymes because while the vowels are matching, the preceding consonants also match and therefore the rhyme is considered inferior.Imperfect or near rhyme: In this type of rhyme, the same sounds occur in two words but in unstressed syllables (“thing” and “missing”).Here are some other types of general rhymes that are not perfect: Dactylic: This rhyme, relatively uncommon in English, has the stress on the antepenultimate, or third-from-last, syllable (“terrible” and “wearable”).Double: This perfect rhyme has the stress on the penultimate, or second-to-last, syllable (“toasting” and “roasting”).Single: This is a rhyme in which the stress is on the final syllable of the words (“mind” and “behind”).Even within the classification of “perfect” rhymes, there are a few different types: For example, “mind” and “kind” are perfect rhymes, whereas “mind” and “line” are an imperfect match in sounds. Many people recognize “perfect rhymes” as the only real type of rhyme. There are many different ways to classify rhyme.

Rhyming words examples in poems