Take the tour ×  From “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath:  Generals
gathered in their masses Just like witches at black masses  In
English poetry, a perfect rhyme has identical vowels but
different onsets, like come and sum. An identical rhyme has
identical vowel and onset, like come and become. Pairs of
homonyms and homophones are identical rhymes but not perfect
rhymes, and most people consider them inferior.  Holorime, where
entire lines rhyme, is likewise stigmatized in English poetry:
For I scream For ice cream  Most consider this a trifle at best,
doggerel at worst.  This judgment makes some sense for the mere
repetition of a word as “rhyme,” which may indicate a lack of
creativity. However, that makes less sense to me for examples
like the wordplay in holorime and in the Black Sabbath song.
Furthermore, some other languages value identical rhyme, like
rime riche in French poetry.  Did identical rhyme fall out of
favor at some point, or was it never well-accepted to begin
with? Was there any period where it w