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What is 'rhyme'?

Rhyme is a way of repeating sounds. If you take the word "gate", that rhymes with "mate" - I've repeated the "ah" and the "t" but changed the very first sound. Essentially, that's what rhyme is. We seem to like it. We seem to like that echoing. It's a way of linking words that maybe otherwise would not be linked. If you link gate with mate, you'll suddenly be starting thinking of maybe you met your mate by the gate and turning that into a poem. So, rhyme is a way of linking ideas based on the sounds that those ideas make.

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