Are "hail" and "rain" rhyming?

Question

We had to write the rhyme scheme of a poem on a test, and there are differences in opinion, which caused me one mark less, because of which I did not get A+. I was the highest, anyway, but still, plenty of people will have A in their report cards, but I would have gotten A +. The teacher in the other class, said that what I had written was right.

Additional Details

thank u Ms. Worth. I'd like my A+, but i won't get it, because authority has won, for now. We don't know a thing about assonance rhymes. they didn't teach us anything like that. It was just NORMAL rhyme scheme.

@every1 else: I k r! they DON't RHYME!! the poem was
somethins omething hail
something something under
something something rain
something something thunder

so, the rhyme scheme = abcb. I was right!

but i'm not getting my A + :(((((

Answer 1

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No the don't rhyme, sorry man. Hail rhymes with fail and rain rhymes with pain

Answer 2

"Hail" and "rain" do rhyme -- but only in a specialized way that may not have been intended by the question on the test.

Strict rhyme means that the end sound of the words is the same, so "hail" ending with an "l" sound could not rhyme with "rain," which ends with an "n" sound.

However, there is a kind of rhyming which recognizes the vowel sound inside the words. When these are the same -- such as the "long a" sound in both "hail" and "rain" -- then this kind of rhyme is called "assonance."

So if the test question was meant to see if the students had learned a lesson about "assonance," then they would have been expected to say that those two words rhyme. But if the test question was meant to see if the students had learned a lesson about strict rhyme, then they would be expected to say that the two words do not rhyme.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assonance

I think, under the circumstances of controversy, that you should get your A+.

Answer 3

No.