slant rhyme

[ slant rahym ]

noun

, Prosody.

1. rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.

slant rhyme

noun

1. prosody another term for half-rhyme

Example Sentences

The game goes too far when Max points out in an email a slant rhyme from “Bounce,” a problematic show known by various titles.

From Los Angeles Times

Still, let’s not overlook the technical achievement: the flow of the images, one into another, the echoes that reverberate almost like slant rhymes.

From Los Angeles Times

“Olive onion pigeon”: Those three trochees, with the repetition of O’s and N’s and the slant rhyme of “onion” and “pigeon,” suggest that I was attuned to the music of language.

From New York Times

The sprightly meter of the text abounds with exact rhymes and slant rhymes, as well as playful consonance, assonance and alliteration, carrying along the play’s stream-of-consciousness-styled progression of ideas.

From New York Times

“It’s not that our childhoods and careers are the same, but they have a slant rhyme to them,” Sara said.

From Washington Post

Related Words

• cadence
• poem
• poetry
• rhythm
• tune
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