Do these two words rhyme?

Question

Do the words Zarina and Idea rhyme? Oh and does Rachel and Bagel?

Answer 1

Well, they're a little forced, but... sort of. It's an approximate rhyme, as my dad the poet says.

A rhyme relies on the last one or two syllables to match, not just the last vowel sounds, and it's finicky too. Words that end in -tion just don't have that 'oomph' that a rhyme normally has.

To test what rhymes, you could either just check a rhyming dictionary, as there are countless online ones, or you could (this one's more fun) compose a limerick.

...hehe.

Answer 2

Sounds like most people are using the strictest sense of rhyme -- also called "perfect rhyme" or "rhyme riche". For that to work you would need to EXACTLY match ALL the sounds from the vowel of the accented syllable to the end.

By that measure, these word pairs are clearly not "perfect rhymes"

But there are looser types of rhymes ("near rhymes") in which the sounds are very close, enough so that they 'work' in paralll lines of poetry.

In fact, the two examples you list are often considered some of the BEST for near rhyming -- all the vowel sounds match ("full assonance") and the last consonant sound is the same (:"final consonance")

But it ALSO helps if any remaining consonants are at least fairly close to each other. "ch" and "g" are reasonably close sounds, "n" and nothing are not! So the pair "Rachel"/"Bagel" is the better of the two.(though the "g" of "angel" is a better match that the one in "bagel"... thus Rachel/angel is a better pair.)

Of course, the true test is the practical one. How well do they work IN the poetic lines you write? Some contexts demand closer matching, some are very forgiving (comic verse, such as limericks, are especially flexible here).

Answer 3

Zarina and Idea don't rhyme, that I can say for sure. I would be more likely to say that Rachel and bagel do. They rhyme more than the first pair.

Answer 4

No. Rhymes are when the words sound alike.

These words rhyme:
bet
let
rent
dent

In bet and let the et is what makes it rhyme.
In rent and dent the ent is what makes it rhyme.

Basically, to find a rhyme all you have to do is find letters that end in the same way and try to find letters to go in the front and create another word.

Answer 5

Not by rule of rhyming. But I could see them being used in a song or something.

Answer 6

zarina and idea -no
rachel and bagel-no i dont think so

Answer 7

The both do not rhyme. ZA-REENA and I-DE-AA, nope. Rachel and Bagel, RA-CHELL BA-GELL, nope.

Answer 8

Not technically, but artistically they sure do!! It's called poetic license and anything goes!! :)

Answer 9

no and yes

Answer 10

first two nope!
second yep !