rime riche

rime riche
/reem" reesh"/, pl. rimes riches /reem" reesh"/. Pros.
rhyme created by the use of two different words, or groups of words, of which both the stressed syllables and any following syllables are identical, as in lighted, delighted. Also called identical rhyme, perfect rhyme, rich rhyme.
[1900-05; < F: lit., rich rhyme]

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French:“rich rhyme,” also called  identical rhyme 

      in French and English prosody, a rhyme produced by agreement in sound not only of the last accented vowel and any succeeding sounds but also of the consonant preceding this rhyming vowel. A rime riche may consist of homographs (fair/fair) or homophones (write/right). It is distinguished from rime suffisante.

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