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.

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