Assonance   

can   

be   

so   

irritating   

–
A   

way   

to   

dodge   

the   

duty   

to   

rhyme   

–
A   

sort   

of   

sonorous   

imitation;;
And we all know it’s not the same
As working to work the words (in passing
I’d better mention that sometimes some
Times   

it   

works);   

but   

what’s   

missing
Is   

that   

damn   

nailing   

of   

the   

final   

line.

This I assert, having tried it out
In   

various   

different   

styles   

–   

and   

I   

know
How   

very   

hard   

it   

is   

to   

do   

it   

right   

–
That anyone who rhymes should take a bow.
Here’s to the makers and, being blunt,
I’d love to rhyme that word but can’t.