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Can i say that either mirror rhyme, Rich rhyme or Identity rhyme is used in this poem?

Charlotte Dacre ??Il Trionfo del Amor?? from Hours of Solitude (1805)

So full my thoughts are of thee, that I swear
All else is hateful to my troubled soul;
How thou hast o??er me gained such vast control,
How charmed my stubborn spirit, is most rare!
Sure thou hast mingled philtres in my bowl,
Or what thine high enchanted arts declare
Fearless of blame - for truth I will not care
(So charms the witchery), whether fair or foul.
Yet well my lovesick mind thine arts can tell;
No magic potions gav??st thou, save what I
Drank from those lustrous eyes when they did dwell
With dying fondness on me - or thy sigh
Which sent its perfumed poison to my brain.
Thus known thy spells, thou bland seducer, see -
Come practise them again, and oh! again;
Spellbound I am, and spellbound wish to be.

note: ??philtres?? - magic potions


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

mirror rhyme = the whole of one word being contained within the rhyming word like art and start, rain and drain. so i don;t see any of that there...

rich rhyme = the consonant at the start of the rhyming syllable being the same. eg deDUCE and reDUCE. i can see deClare and Care in this poem

i think you mean *identical* rhyme? = words that are the same in sound, meaning and spelling. can't see any of that either.

you could just have googled this like i did.

would have taken you to http://www.noggs.dsl.pipex.com/vf/rhyme....

:)