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Rhyme scheme. A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song. It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme; lines designated with the same letter all rhyme with each other. An example of the ABAB rhyming scheme, from "To Anthea, who may Command him Anything", by Robert Herrick :
Perfect and imperfect rhymes. Perfect rhyme — also called full rhyme, exact rhyme, [ 1] or true rhyme — is a form of rhyme between two words or phrases, satisfying the following conditions: [ 2][ 3] The stressed vowel sound in both words must be identical, as well as any subsequent sounds. For example, the words "kit" and "bit" form a ...
Terza rima (/ ˌ t ɛər t s ə ˈ r iː m ə /, also US: / ˌ t ɜːr-/, [1] [2] [3] Italian: [ˈtɛrtsa ˈriːma]; lit. ' third rhyme ') is a rhyming verse form, in which the poem, or each poem-section, consists of tercets (three-line stanzas) with an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme: The last word of the second line in one tercet provides the rhyme for the first and third lines in the ...
Anapestic tetrameter is a rhythm well suited for comic verse, and prominent examples include Clement Clarke Moore 's "A Visit from St. Nicholas" and the majority of Dr. Seuss 's poems. When used in comic form, anapestic tetrameter is often highly regular, as the regularity emphasizes the breezy, melodic feel of the meter, though the initial ...
Limerick (poetry) A limerick ( / ˈlɪmərɪk / LIM-ər-ik) [ 1] is a form of verse that appeared in England in the early years of the 18th century. [ 2] In combination with a refrain, it forms a limerick song, a traditional humorous drinking song often with obscene verses. It is written in five-line, predominantly anapestic and amphibrach [ 3 ...
weak (or unaccented): a rhyme between two sets of one or more unstressed syllables. ( hammer, carpenter) semirhyme: a rhyme with an extra syllable on one word. ( bend, ending) forced (or oblique): a rhyme with an imperfect match in sound. ( green, fiend; one, thumb) assonance: matching vowels. ( shake, hate) Assonance is sometimes referred to ...
Monorhyme is a passage, stanza, or entire poem in which all lines have the same end rhyme. [ 1] The term "monorhyme" describes the use of one ( mono) type of repetitious sound ( rhyme ). This is common in Arabic, Latin and Welsh work, [ 2] such as The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, [citation needed] e.g., qasida and its derivative kafi .
Rhyming dictionary. A rhyming dictionary is a specialized dictionary designed for use in writing poetry and lyrics. In a rhyming dictionary, words are categorized into equivalence classes that consist of words that rhyme with one another. They also typically support several different kinds of rhymes and possibly also alliteration as well.