Rhyme

Rhyme

Rhyme (/raɪm/) is a popular literary device in which the repetition of the same or similar sounds occurs in two or more words, usually at the end of lines in poems or songs.

Etymology

The term "rhyme" originates from the Old French word rime or rime, which may be derived from the Old Frankish language *rīm, a Germanic term meaning "series, sequence" arranged in such a way to create a pattern of sound.

Types of Rhyme

There are several types of rhyme, including:

• End Rhyme: The most common type, where the last syllables of each line of poetry rhyme.
• Internal Rhyme: A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next.
• Slant Rhyme: Also called half rhyme, imperfect rhyme, near rhyme, oblique rhyme, or off rhyme, where the correspondence between the sounds is close, but not exact.
• Eye Rhyme: A similarity in spelling but not in sound.
• Identical Rhyme: Using the same word, identical in sound and in sense, twice in rhyming position.

Related Terms

• Rhyme Scheme: The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song.
• Rhyming Couplet: Two lines of the same length that rhyme and complete one thought.
• Rhyming Triplet: Three lines that rhyme.
• Rhymed Verse: Verse with end rhyme and usually with a regular meter.

See Also

• Poetry
• Literary Devices
• Meter (poetry)
• Stanza

External links

• Medical encyclopedia article on Rhyme
• Wikipedia's article - Rhyme

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