A perfect rhyme repeats the stressed vowel and every sound that follows. Dove, glove, and shove are textbook examples—they share the /-ʌv/ ending exactly.

Yes! Try above, thereof, self-love, turtle-dove, True-Love, hand-in-glove or the state-name Belov(e) (Belov’ in Slavic surnames). Most add unstressed syllables before the /-ʌv/ sound, giving you more lyrical room.

Slant (near) rhymes echo either the vowel or the consonant but not both—think enough, tough, of, rough, stuff, or luff (sailing). These widen your palette without sacrificing flow.

• Internal echoes: “From above came my love” keeps momentum mid-line.

• Compound schemes: Pair a perfect rhyme with a slant one—“glove / love / enough”—to avoid predictability.

• Phrase rhymes: Use two-word units like “hand-in-glove” or “kind of” to match the final /ʌv/.

Absolutely. Identity rhyme emphasizes sincerity: “Love after love is still called love.” Use sparingly so the effect feels intentional.

• Alliteration: “Lingering lightning of love.”

• Anaphora: “Love of day, love of night, love of life…”

• Metaphor: “A garden-glove that shields a fragile love.”

Just one—shove—so writers often swap in slant verbs like “tough” (as slang) or phrase-verbs “get rid of” / “think of.”

Stick to predictable A-A-B-B or A-B-A-B patterns with two different perfect or slant rhymes per four-line stanza. The repetition aids phonemic awareness.

They chain multi-syllable slant rhymes and internal echoes: “Above all else, self-love in a world that’s tough— Hand-in-glove, I rise, never had enough.”

None in common use—another reason writers pivot to slant rhymes or extended metaphors (heartbeats, sighs) instead.