quasi-rhyme

Definitions

Somewhat of a rhyme.

uncommon, uncountable, usually

Examples

“An oldish parishioner of my own⟳ gave me many years ago the quasi rhyme, or its rags and tatters.”

“A similar pattern, mingling elements of alliteration, assonance, quasi-rhyme, and meaningful allusion ingeniously is seen in the following example.”

“Perhaps this quasi-rhyme royal stanza right at the end⟳ of a quasi-ballade is a nose-thumbing gesture at Chaucher's French contemporaries and the oppressive formal convention they represent⟳;”

“but they make⟳ significant use⟳ of rhyme, imperfect rhyme, pararhyme, quasi-rhyme between identical words, rhyme between the end⟳ of a line and the inside of a line, rhyme between stressed and unstressed syllables.”

“Hall referred to these as false rhymes, but I prefer⟳ the label⟳ quasi-rhymes.”

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