Speaking of rhyme, changes in pronunciation mean much of it is lost even on native speakers: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/03/loves-la

Speaking of rhyme, changes in pronunciation mean much of it is lost even on native speakers: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/03/loves-labours-found-saving-shakespeares-puns/471786/ https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/03/lo... A surprising amount of meaning is lost to puns and jokes that disappear in modern pronunciation.