Q: should you directly rhyme a word or it ok to use assonances occasionally...or a lot?
A: i personally hate it when rhymes are overdone. the only important part of the word that really matters is the vowel, and the ending consonant matters much less. i see people bend over backwards to get the entire word to rhyme and it is painful and obvious to me. in my opinion you should never try to rhyme. if something is supposed to rhyme, it will happen automatically. it is very uncomfortable to see people trying to rhyme because they think they are supposed to. it should happen naturally