Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word hyperion.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
3 syllable words
5 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word hyperion.
2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

affirms

alan

alban

alman

amman

affirm

affront

affronts

apron

aprons

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auburn

auction

austin

auden

bacon

brighten

bagman

briton

baldwin

bargain

baron

barren

barton

banyan

bastion

baston

billion

basin

bason

baton

billon

bayman

beaten

begun

beacon

billman

belgian

bellman

beckon

befriend

befriends

bellon

bison

bisson

bitten

batten

batton

bludgeon

bobbin

boatman

bolden

bollen

bookman

bordman

boston

brakeman

boughten

bourbon

bracken

blowgun

bowman

brazen

brethren

blacken

breton

broaden

brogan

broken

bullion

button

cajun

bushman

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

caisson

burgeon

canyon

canton

canaan

cannon

canon

capstan

calvin

captain

caption

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

caxton

caution

cayman

certain

cavern

caverns

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

cheapen

chicken

christen

children

chessman

chevron

chieftain

chasten

chosen

christian

citron

churchman

classman

clinton

claxon

coachman

colon

common

corban

cordon

copeman

cotton

crimson

craftsman

cousin

craven

cretin

cowan

crewman

curtain

cushion

crouton

cuban

dagan

cumin

dagon

dalton

daman

dampen

damson

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

deform

deformed

delphian

desman

demon

devon

diction

dian

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dragon

drunken

driven

dromon

dudgeon

dungeon

dutchman

dustman

eaten

eden

earthen

elan

emption

ensign

ephraim

engine

ermine

faction

falcon

fallen

famine

faustian

fashion

faulcon

floren

fasten

flexion

fatten

felon

fibrin

fiction

fireman

firman

flashgun

fission

fielden

flatten

footman

foreign

foreman

fortune

fraction

fountain

freedman

friction

frighten

freshman

freeman

freshen

frozen

function

fusion

garden

garron

gascon

gallon

gammon

georgian

german

gilden

gibbon

gentian

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gluten

golden

goodman

gorgon

gumption

grandson

grecian

gotten

gowan

graven

govern

griffon

governs

guardsman

gudgeon

haitian

hackman

heighten

harden

harken

harten

happen

headman

hangman

hasten

hausen

haven

hearten

heathen

headsman

heaven

heron

hessian

hetman

hidden

horseman

henchman

hogan

homespun

hempen

houseman

hoten

hoven

huntsman

ibsen

hymen

hyphen

hyson

zion

human

ion

jargon

jordan

jackman

jasmine

jason

jetson

jetton

jorden

junction

kalan

kansan

kenyan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kirkman

kitchen

lampron

kitten

klansman

landman

kremlin

laden

lagan

landsman

legion

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

leman

lemon

lengthen

ledden

lesion

lessen

lesson

leven

lightman

linden

lineman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linemen

london

linen

lisbon

listen

liven

lockman

locken

logan

loren

loosen

lion

mansion

longan

lopeman

madden

lotion

lynden

luncheon

lyden

m1

lumen

mahone

maiden

mangan

lowborn

marchman

margin

marlin

marten

martin

matron

martian

marron

markman

marksman

mason

mayan

melton

melon

mention

million

mignon

milken

minden

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

morgan

mormon

smitten

molten

muslin

muffin

mullen

mountain

nation

motion

mutton

nekton

norman

ninon

newsman

newborn

newborns

notion

oarsman

ocean

onion

often

open

olden

odin

omen

option

organ

orphan

othman

outrun

oven

outdone

pardon

paean

oxen

packman

panton

pagan

parson

passion

passman

pectin

patron

pathan

patten

owen

pavon

peon

penman

pension

penguin

perron

person

persian

rumen

pigeon

reborn

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollan

ponton

pollen

portion

portman

postman

potion

pillion

pressman

prison

prussian

pullen

proven

quicken

ration

question

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

reform

reforms

region

refrain

refrains

reformed

reprints

reprint

rerun

resin

ribbon

ripen

rincon

ridden

riden

risen

riven

robin

rosin

rotten

roman

rosen

rowan

rowen

ruin

russian

selden

saffron

salesman

samson

sadden

salmon

sanction

scullion

satan

scotsman

scion

scallion

santon

saxon

satin

seaman

season

section

runnion

seedsman

shipman

sequin

semen

sermon

session

seton

sharpen

shearman

seven

sexton

shaken

shaman

shogun

shopworn

shorten

shrunken

sicken

silken

siphon

siren

slacken

showman

slogan

smarten

shotgun

soldan

tension

teston

sodden

spearman

soften

sovereign

sovran

spartan

sovrans

sparing

solon

spokesman

spoken

sportsman

tighten

titan

springing

springer

sprinkle

sprinkles

sprinkling

toman

squadron

stallion

statesman

springboard

sprinters

stallman

station

stillion

stepson

stiffen

stockman

steven

stolen

stricken

straighten

strengthen

sultan

striven

sturgeon

suction

suasion

sudden

springtime

sullen

summon

tendon

supreme

supremes

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

sunken

sylvan

syphon

taken

talon

tarpon

tartan

tappen

tavern

taverns

sprinkler

tillman

thicken

thousand

threaten

torsion

traction

toughen

townsman

sprinklers

sprinter

token

trillion

triton

treason

trodden

trojan

tubman

tuscan

tungsten

undone

turban

union

urban

urchin

urine

urson

vegan

vibrant

version

villain

vision

vulcan

warden

warren

wanton

waken

watchman

weaken

whitson

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

women

woodman

weapon

woman

wooden

written

woolman

wheaten

woolen

workman

worsen

woven

yaupon

yachtsman

wagon

yeoman

zaman

zircon

3 syllable words

aberrant

abduction

abhorrent

abdomen

abhorrence

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

aegean

abstraction

absorption

abstention

accession

accretion

addiction

acumen

addition

adhesion

adrian

admission

adoption

adsorption

afferent

albion

aggression

affection

appearance

appian

affliction

andean

apparent

african

alaskan

albumin

alien

alderman

aleutian

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

alsatian

anyone

anchorman

anglican

apportion

apprehend

apprentice

arian

aryan

arkansan

artesian

aspersion

artisan

ascension

assassin

assertion

attrition

assumption

attraction

attention

asuncion

audition

austrian

avian

australian

aversion

badminton

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandwagon

battalion

bedizen

bedridden

beethoven

bedouin

beforehand

beholden

benjamin

brazilian

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

biotin

bufferin

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

carrion

cardigan

castration

cartesian

catalan

carnation

cation

caucasian

cessation

cetacean

causation

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

commission

clarion

chilean

charlatan

charwoman

civilian

citation

cinnamon

cistercian

citizen

clarendon

collegian

clergyman

collision

cognition

collagen

cohesion

collection

collusion

coercion

combustion

communion

companion

commotion

completion

compulsion

complexion

compression

compassion

condition

compunction

conception

concession

concussion

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confection

confession

congestion

confucian

confusion

conflation

contortion

congressman

conscription

construction

connection

connexion

conjunction

constriction

consumption

contagion

contention

contraction

conviction

contrition

conversion

contraption

contusion

convection

convention

correction

corruption

convulsion

corrosion

corsican

councilman

countryman

creation

cremation

covering

crestfallen

coverings

croatian

cyprian

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

zambian

debarment

decision

abandon

deception

deduction

deferments

deferment

defection

deference

deflation

deletion

deflection

delusion

depletion

depiction

dentition

denizen

desertion

derision

depression

description

dispersion

determine

destruction

detection

detention

diapering

dictation

difference

different

devotion

differently

digression

digestion

dilation

dilution

diffusion

diffraction

dimension

direction

discipline

discretion

discussion

dissection

disruption

dissension

distinction

distortion

diversion

division

disunion

distraction

emission

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

donation

duration

edition

elison

efferent

egyptian

elation

election

ejection

eleven

emotion

emulsion

embolden

evasion

encryption

englishman

enlighten

enliven

erosion

equation

erection

eruption

emblazon

etruscan

exhaustion

eviction

excision

evermore

everyone

excretion

exaction

exception

exclusion

exertion

excursion

exemption

expansion

expulsion

extinction

expression

extraction

extension

extortion

gordian

fabian

extrusion

fenian

ferryman

feminine

fijian

fisherman

filtration

fixation

favoring

flirtation

forbidden

flotation

foramen

formation

forewoman

foundation

forgotten

franciscan

frustration

freemason

freudian

fruition

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

explosion

genuine

ghanaian

gillian

gestation

gentleman

governance

guardian

government

governments

governing

governor

governors

grobian

halogen

gradation

gravamen

gyration

halcyon

guncotton

hammerman

handwoven

hawaiian

harlequin

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hibernate

horizon

horatian

housebroken

declension

impression

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

impassion

implosion

imprison

in-person

inaction

inception

indian

incision

incursion

inclusion

infarction

induction

inflation

infection

infusion

infraction

ingestion

insertion

inscription

inhuman

injunction

inspection

injection

invasion

intention

irishman

instruction

intrusion

intestine

inversion

invention

jacobin

javelin

jettison

italian

jamaican

jovian

julian

kantian

keynesian

keratin

korean

lactation

labyrinth

laboring

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

libration

ligation

logician

location

lumberman

lutheran

magician

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

magdalen

margarine

marian

masculine

median

medallion

medicine

melanin

menhaden

migration

infliction

mexican

midshipman

mistaken

misprision

misfortune

misshapen

munition

musician

muskmelon

moroccan

mutation

profusion

narration

promotion

nemean

nebraskan

negation

optician

myosin

nitrogen

niacin

nevermore

norwegian

nobleman

nonunion

nonhuman

notation

nubian

nutrition

octillion

occasion

obstruction

obsession

occlusion

objection

odeon

omission

offering

offerings

operant

oberon

oppression

optation

nevadan

oration

orion

origin

ottoman

overdone

outspoken

ovation

overman

overhang

overhangs

overhung

overrun

overmatch

overnight

overruns

pavilion

oxygen

inflection

papering

parthian

partition

parisian

partisan

patrician

proportion

pelican

snapdragon

peppering

permission

pentathlon

perfection

permian

percussion

perfusion

persuasion

phrygian

petition

phoenician

physician

peterman

perception

plantation

plebeian

policeman

precision

precession

perversion

pollution

position

possession

precaution

porcelain

preclusion

prediction

predestine

pretension

preemption

prostration

prescription

presumption

prevention

privation

procession

profession

production

projection

progression

propulsion

proscription

probation

protean

predation

provision

protection

puritan

ramadan

recision

reaction

quotation

reception

peppermint

rebellion

recession

reference

reaffirm

repression

redemption

reduction

reflection

reaffirms

remission

regression

regimen

reformers

reformer

religion

relation

rejection

rendition

reopen

reprimand

reptilian

reprimands

rescission

resection

restriction

resumption

retention

reunion

retraction

revision

reversion

revulsion

reverence

reverend

reverent

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

reformist

reformists

samoan

saleswoman

salvation

scorpion

scythian

scuppernong

secretion

secession

seclusion

sedation

seduction

saccharin

sedition

selection

sensation

severance

silicon

simian

skeleton

singleton

solomon

soprano

sopranos

specimen

solution

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submission

suburban

submersion

subversion

subtraction

subscription

succession

suffering

sufferings

suggestion

sumatran

summation

superman

suspicion

suspension

suppression

talisman

tactician

tamarin

technician

tapering

taxation

temptation

thespian

timberman

tradition

transcription

toboggan

transaction

transfusion

transgression

transition

transmission

translation

truncation

tuition

unburden

uncertain

unbutton

uncommon

uneven

unwritten

unbroken

vacation

uterine

unison

uppermost

vatican

vermilion

vibration

vitamin

venetian

venison

vibrancy

veteran

volition

vocation

waterman

wesleyan

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abyssinian

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abnegation

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

acquisition

adaptation

accusation

activation

adrenaline

adoration

admiration

adulation

admonition

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

amphibian

agitation

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

affirmation

american

algonquian

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

ammunition

appalachian

affirmations

apparition

amputation

animation

annotation

annexation

appellation

apparently

affirmative

appearances

application

apprehension

apprehensions

aforementioned

apprehensive

approbation

arabian

darwinian

arbitration

armenian

arizonan

arthurian

armageddon

aspiration

assemblyman

attribution

athenian

aviation

avocation

augmentation

backwardation

barbarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

apprentices

apprenticeship

apprenticeships

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

centurion

celebration

committeeman

chameleon

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

circulation

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

columbian

comedian

coloradan

coloration

combination

commendation

commutation

comparison

compilation

complication

competition

composition

comprehension

condescension

compensation

computation

condemnation

condensation

concentration

consecration

conflagration

congregation

confrontation

connotation

conjugation

conservation

constitution

constipation

consolation

constellation

consternation

confirmation

consultation

consummation

contemplation

confiscation

contraception

contrarian

contradiction

contribution

contravention

conversation

convocation

convolution

corinthian

corp.

corporation

copernican

correlation

coronation

copenhagen

cotyledon

covariance

crocodilian

cultivation

cyclopean

crucifixion

custodian

culmination

dandelion

exposition

decompression

dedication

decoration

deconstruction

defamation

deferential

definition

demarcation

deformation

dehydration

degradation

deformity

delegation

deformities

desperation

demonstration

deportation

deposition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

demolition

desecration

derivation

designation

disposition

desiccation

desolation

deviation

devastation

detonation

devolution

devonian

differences

differential

differentials

dietitian

diocesan

dilatation

diminution

disaffection

disinflation

disillusion

disinfection

disconnection

dislocation

dispensation

destination

destitution

disputation

dissipation

dissertation

dissolution

distribution

divination

draconian

dominican

domination

duplication

education

effrontery

electrician

elevation

elocution

elongation

emanation

emigration

distillation

emulation

european

englishwoman

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

equitation

estimation

estonian

eustachian

exhibition

evocation

excavation

excitation

evolution

execution

exhalation

exclamation

exploration

exhortation

exhumation

expiration

expectation

expedition

explication

embarkation

explanation

exploitation

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fallopian

fascination

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

federation

fluoridation

foliation

fluctuation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gravitation

declaration

gregorian

gorgonian

governmental

granulation

governorship

greco-roman

governorships

guatemalan

graduation

habitation

decimation

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

historian

himalayan

hungarian

hypertension

ideation

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

implication

importation

immigration

imitation

immolation

illustration

imperfection

imposition

implantation

impregnation

incarnation

incantation

inattention

imputation

indecision

indentation

indexation

incubation

indignation

inclination

indigestion

indication

indiscretion

incrustation

infiltration

indonesian

information

inhalation

inhibition

instigation

innovation

inquisition

inspiration

institution

installation

insulation

integration

invitation

interdiction

interurban

intermission

intercession

interjection

interruption

intersection

introspection

insurrection

intuition

interwoven

intimation

intervention

intonation

introduction

inundation

interaction

invocation

interception

iranian

irritation

irrigation

isolation

jacobean

iteration

jordanian

jurisdiction

jubilation

kindergarten

lancastrian

labyrinthine

laceration

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberation

limitation

lilliputian

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

liquefaction

maccabean

macedonian

lubrication

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

machination

manumission

maturation

masturbation

meridian

mediation

menstruation

medication

meditation

melanesian

inflammation

ministration

minnesotan

miseration

mitigation

misperception

misbegotten

misconception

moderation

molestation

mongolian

moravian

procreation

infestation

mortification

napoleon

motivation

mutilation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

never-ending

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

nomination

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

obligation

observation

occupation

olympian

octahedron

ohioan

obfuscation

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

overburden

ostentation

palpitation

modulation

navigation

pagurian

pedestrian

papier-mache

paraguayan

ovulation

pavlovian

pelagian

penicillin

penetration

oxidation

perspiration

persecution

permutation

perforation

pepperoni

perturbation

polynesian

plutonian

peruvian

politician

praetorian

population

polyhedron

recitation

pigmentation

predetermine

preelection

predilection

preignition

preparation

preservation

presentation

premonition

propagation

profanation

prohibition

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

publication

provocation

punctuation

protozoan

rumination

pagination

readmission

radiation

preconception

reappearance

realization

protestation

recognition

reclamation

precondition

recreation

recollection

reelection

reexamine

references

referendum

referendums

registration

reformation

reawaken

recantation

regulation

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

reposition

reparation

refutation

replication

repercussion

repetition

repossession

reassertion

renovation

reproduction

republican

requisition

restitution

respiration

resurrection

resolution

restoration

retardation

reservation

resignation

retribution

retrocession

revelation

rhetorician

revocation

reverently

reverential

revolution

rhododendron

reconstruction

samaritan

sanitation

sectarian

satisfaction

saturation

self-deception

segregation

separation

sequestration

sicilian

simonian

situation

simulation

segmentation

smithsonian

reputation

tetrahedron

speculation

titillation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

suffocation

strangulation

subdivision

substitution

subluxation

superhuman

superimpose

superstition

supervision

supposition

supremely

supremacy

surrogation

syndication

syncopation

tabernacle

tabulation

tasmanian

tamoxifen

termination

vaccination

toleration

transformation

trepidation

transportation

tribulation

transplantation

ulceration

utopian

usurpation

vacillation

validation

valuation

variation

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

victorian

visitation

vindication

violation

wagnerian

watermelon

proclamation

5 syllable words

abbreviation

academician

abomination

acceleration

accommodation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

adulteration

amortization

accreditation

affiliation

affirmatively

agglomeration

alliteration

alleviation

alienation

amazonian

amelioration

amalgamation

anticipation

amplification

annihilation

appreciation

brobdingnagian

appropriation

argentinian

approximation

argumentation

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

augustinian

authorization

authentication

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centenarian

centralization

certification

civilization

clarification

classification

christianization

collaboration

coagulation

cohabitation

commemoration

colonization

codification

communication

conciliation

concatenation

confabulation

configuration

consideration

conglomeration

congratulation

confederation

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

corroboration

coordination

decapitation

deceleration

delineation

defenestration

deliberation

degeneration

delicatessen

deification

depopulation

denomination

denunciation

desalination

depreciation

desegregation

determination

differentiate

differentiates

discoloration

disembarkation

disinclination

discrimination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

ejaculation

electrocution

elizabethan

elimination

emancipation

epicurean

ethiopian

exhilaration

enumeration

equalization

equivocation

eradication

evaporation

evaluation

evacuation

exacerbation

exasperation

exaggeration

examination

excoriation

exfoliation

expatriation

exoneration

exoskeleton

decomposition

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

hybridization

hydrogenation

imagination

immunization

illumination

inactivation

inauguration

incarceration

incineration

improvisation

incorporation

incrimination

infatuation

indoctrination

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

interpolation

intimidation

instrumentation

interpretation

interrogation

intoxication

invalidation

investigation

ionization

interconnection

irradiation

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

justification

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

manipulation

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

mississippian

miscalculation

misinformation

mobilization

modernization

modification

mummification

multiplication

negotiation

nickelodeon

nonsectarian

nitroglycerine

normalization

nonintervention

notification

nullification

obliteration

oregonian

orientation

origination

ornamentation

organization

ossification

overproduction

panamanian

participation

patagonian

neapolitan

neutralization

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predisposition

predestination

premeditation

presbyterian

presupposition

prevarication

preoccupation

peloponnesian

proletarian

proliferation

procrastination

prognostication

pronunciation

pasteurization

recombination

pythagorean

purification

pacification

quantification

reaffirmation

ramification

qualification

ratification

recrimination

recuperation

reforestation

rectification

reintegration

regeneration

repatriation

reiteration

reformatories

refrigeration

rejuvenation

remuneration

representation

reprehensible

recommendation

reformatory

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

renunciation

scandinavian

russification

sanctification

simplification

sedimentation

solicitation

specification

sophistication

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

supernatural

superintendent

superintendents

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

utilization

unification

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vaporization

washingtonian

vulgarization

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word hyperion

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Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


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Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

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  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
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  • True and Cure

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When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
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Different Types of Rhymes
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