Close rhyme

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Grammarist

A close rhyme consists of two rhyming words that are consecutive or very close together in a phrase or line. Many common expressions are close rhymed—for example, wear and tear, high and dry, double trouble, clip-clop, mumbo jumbo.

Here are a few examples of close rhyme in poetry:

tingling strings

clouds strew flowers round

listener, who listens

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