perfect rhymes

A form of perfect rhyme — A form of rhyme in which the vowels and final (coda) consonants of stressed syllables (and, in modern English poetry, any following syllables to the end of the words) are identical in sound.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of perfect rhyme
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