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Head Rhyme

Head rhyme is rhyme made by matching sounds at the beginnings of words or stressed syllables, often through repeated initial consonants. It is closely related to alliteration and is sometimes used as another name for it, especially when the repeated sounds are emphasized in verse. Unlike end rhyme, it works at the start of the words rather than the end.

Example

Bright birds break beyond the bay,
Silver sails sweep softly away.

Related Definitions

[n] use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"

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