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In the literary sense, what is an "eye rhyme"?

Question #151258. Asked by psnz.
Last updated Jun 14 2024.
Originally posted Jun 14 2024 8:14 PM.

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An eye rhyme is a couple of poetic lines that look like they would rhyme but are not pronounced the same. So "love" and "move" look like they could rhyme but of course they don't. Some other examples include blood and brood, bough and cough, and skies and enemies. It is thought that some of these pairs might have rhymed at one time in history before the pronunciations changed.

link https://www.britannica.com/art/eye-rhyme
link https://www.tckpublishing.com/eye-rhyme/
Response last updated by BigTriviaDawg on Jun 14 2024.
Jun 14 2024, 8:18 PM
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