I'm glad you tried alliteration for petzl rather than rhyme!
Yep, and I certainly don't want to fall flat on my assonance.
I even tried cheating Harry - results below.
Words and phrases that rhyme with pretzel: (9 results)
2 syllables:
detzel, etzel, hetzel, kaetzel, netzel, petzel, stetzel, wetzel, whetzel
looks like I'd need to be more on top of my Hebrew to make this work.
By the way, our instigator Freckle asks me to tell the poetry world that her internet is down tonight.
Looks like we are on our own!