History Main / RhymingWithItself

* Binky wrote a poem in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' as a retort to those who questioned his poetic ability, [[NotHelpingYourCase but just ends every line with the word "poem"]].

-->'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick''': Shh, did you hear that? That was the sound of your IQ dropping.

-->'''Joanie:''' "Really good. I like the way you rhymed ''shout'' with ''shout''."
-->'''Chachi:''' "Well, what do you want? ''Get out''?"

* [=The McGuire Sisters=]' "Sugartime":

If the repeated rhymes are right after the other, then it's also {{Epiphora}}.

* Some authors end up in this position when writing for a character that in canon RhymesOnADime. Sometimes they'll just have the character involved wince appropriately.

* In the WebComic/{{Homestuck}} parody rock opera ''The Baby is You'', Bro threatens to "show the power of 'Forbidden Rhyme', words that rhyme with themselves" during his monologue.

--> Don't let them know.
--> Well now they know!

--> She will discover, guy
--> You're one heck of a guy

* Soundgarden's Live to Rise that plays during the end credits of ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' rhymes "again" and "again," and "face" and "face."
* ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' has an opening song that constantly rhymes "you" with "you." This is by Music/ChrisCornell, the same person who wrote the end credits music for ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''.

* [[Film/{{Arthur 1981}} "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"]] rhymes "time" with itself in two consecutive lines: "Living his life one day at a time/He's showing himself a really good time". It's easy to miss this because there's no real pause between the lines and for that matter the next one, which isn't meant to rhyme.

-->''(I haven't got a rhyme for that "is" in the second line yet.''
--> ''Bother.)''

-->''The holy blisful martir for to seke''
-->''That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke.''

** Dante only rhymed the word "Cristo" with "Cristo." Notable in that he had to do it only three times (in Paradiso Cantos XII, XIV, and XIX) due to the rhyming system of the Comedy (ABA BCB CDC ... YZY Z).
** He also rhymed volse with volse, though in the first case it means “turned” and in the second “wanted.”

* In ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', Dante only rhymed the word "Cristo" with "Cristo." Notable in that he had to do it only three times (in Paradiso Cantos XII, XIV, and XIX) due to the rhyming system of the Comedy (ABA BCB CDC ... YZY Z).
* He also rhymed volse with volse, though in the first case it means “turned” and in the second “wanted.”

* In ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', "Cristo" (meaning Christ) always rhymes with itself, possibly to avoid unintentional blasphemy.

* OlderThanPrint, as Literature/TheCanterburyTales has this pair of lines:

* "[[LongTitle It Was an Absolutely, Finger-Lickin', Grits and Chicken, Country Music Love Song]]" by Bomshel uses "song/along/song/song" as a rhyme in the chorus. This is a rare two-for-one, as it uses both a {{StockRhyme|s}} (song/along) and a Rhyming With Itself based on the same word.

This is when a songwriter or poet [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin rhymes a word with itself]] or another [[FunWithHomophones homophone]]. Sometimes this is just the easiest way to match the rhyming scheme. Sometimes, this is used to be clever, by showing the different meaning one word can have in different contexts, e.g. rhyming "rare" (meaning uncommon) with "rare" (meaning undercooked). And in some cases, [[RuleOfFunny it's just done for the sake of comedy]].

--->Cut to baby taking off her clothes\\

* A very clever homophone in Lloyd Cole's "2CV". (But what else do you expect from him?)

oh we were never close
** Similarly, in "Watching the Detectives" by Music/ElvisCostello:
--->Cut to baby taking off her clothes
--->Close up of the sign that says "we never close"

--> I ain’t got a motorboat
--> But I can float your boat

* The cast of ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' had a version of "Twelve Days of Christmas" that goes "My true love gave to me / a fire-breathing dragon just for me!"

* In December 2022, the official Royal Mint Website/{{Twitter}} feed unveiled the new Charles III pound coin with the "You've heard of elf on the shelf, but have you heard of..." meme. After ''many'' guesses about what the phrase was meant to be (King on kaching? King on Ster-ling? Chuck on a [[WeAllLiveInAmerica buck]]? And those are just the non-anti-monarchist suggestions), it turned out the answer was "Sovereign on a sovereign".

* The intro theme to ''She-Ra: the Secret of the Sword.'' WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick was not impressed.

* Happens in several of the ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory''. Not all cases of it are cringe-inducing, though (at least as far as the verse itself) - take, for example, one part of [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]]'s verse in his 3rd battle against UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler where one phrase is used with three different meanings (with some help from the beat which ramped up the bass as he went along):
-->You wrote a little book, got 'em fired up

-->You put a gun in your mouth and fired up!

This is when a songwriter or poet [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin rhymes a word with itself]] or another [[FunWithHomophones homophone]]. Perhaps the writer couldn't think of a better word (writing is hard work, after all) or perhaps the writer was just feeling lazy that day. Whatever the reason, they took the easy way out and simply repeated a word when they needed a rhyme. Sometimes, this is used to be clever, by showing the different meaning one word can have in different contexts, e.g. rhyming "rare" (meaning uncommon) with "rare" (meaning undercooked). And in some cases, [[RuleOfFunny it's just done for the sake of comedy]].

** Justified when he repeats a whole line in RickRoss's "Stay Schemin'", which he does for emphasis (Ross joins him). Said line "Bitch you wasn't with me shootin' in the gym" became one of the rap memes of the year.

** "WebVideo/TheRapCritic" also has gripes when rappers rhyme words with themselves, such as {{RickRoss}}'s constantly rhyming lines that end in two, or atlantic with atlantic.

[[folder:FanWorks]]

* ''[[FanFic/EakinsHardReset Hard Reset]]'' has Twilight failing at a metaphor. Her excuse?

* Music/{{Foreigner}}'s "Hot Blooded":