2. Rember that rhyme is part of what
we mean when we say poetry is
musical. When the ending sounds
of the words are repeated, we call
it rhyme. Rhyming words do not
appear only at the end of the lines
(end rhyme) in poems, but they
may apear within the line (internal
rhyme).
3. Example
“I think I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a tree.”
[see-tree] – end rhyme
“the crows in boughs throws endless
brawls”
- internal rhyme
4. Classification by position
A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyming lines in
a poem.
Rhymes may be classified according to their
position in the verse:
• Tail rhyme (also called end rhyme) is a rhyme
in the final syllable(s) of a verse (the most
common kind).
• Internal rhyme occurs when a word or phrase in
the interior of a line rhymes with a word or
phrase at the end of a line, or within a different
line.
5. Classification by position
• Off-centered rhyme is a type of
internal rhyme occurring in
unexpected places in a given line.
This is sometimes called a misplaced-rhyme
scheme or a spoken
word rhyme style.
• Holorime, mentioned above, occurs
when two entire lines have the same
sound.
6. Classification by position
• Broken rhyme is a type
of enjambment producing a rhyme by
dividing a word at the line break of a
poem to make a rhyme with the end
word of another line.
• Cross rhyme matches a sound or
sounds at the end of a line with the
same sound or sounds in the middle of
the following (or preceding) line.
7. EXAMPLES
Tail Rhyme
Yonder Clouden's silent towers,
Where at moonshine midnight hours
O'er the dewy bending flowers
Fairies dance sae cheery.
Ghaist nor bogle shalt thou fear;
Thou'rt to Love and Heaven sae dear,
Nocht of ill may come thee near,
My bonnie dearie.
8. Internal Rhyme
For the moon never beams without bringing
me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
9. CROSS RHYME
The sound flung on the air
The song is sung
(the cross rhyme is flung and sung)
Broken Rhyme
My cries heave, herds-long; huddle in a main, a
chief-woe,
world-sorrow; on an age-old anvil wince and
sing-
Then lull, then leave off. Fury had shrieked ‘No
ling-ering!
Let me be fell: force I must be brief’.
10. Function of Rhyme
• Rhyme partly seems to be enjoyed simply
as a repeating pattern that is pleasant to
hear. It also serves as a
powerful mnemonic device, facilitating
memorization. The regular use of tail
rhyme(end rhyme) helps to mark off the
ends of lines, thus clarifying the metrical
structure for the listener. As with other
poetic techniques, poets use it to suit their
own purposes.
11. Some poems rhyme;
others don’t. But one
thing is sure, each poem
captures moments in
time, feeling, thoughts,
and experiences.
12. Rhyming words in The Seven
Ages of Man
END RHYME INTERNAL
RHYME
side - wide Men – women
This – his
Cannon - capon
13. Types of Rhymes
There are actually 5 types of
rhymes:
• Perfect Rhyme
• General Rhymes
• Identical Rhymes
• Eye Rhyme
• Mind Rhyme
