| rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours. |
| oblique rhyme n. See off rhyme. |
| off rhyme n. A partial or imperfect rhyme, often using assonance or consonance only, as in dry and died or grown and moon. Also called half rhyme, near rhyme, oblique rhyme, slant rhyme. |