internal rhyme

noun

The rhyming of words (in modern English poetry) or of stressed syllables (in old Germanic poetry) within the same line of a verse.

Opposite
exact rhymefull rhymeperfect rhyme
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Meanings

nouninternal rhyme (countable and uncountable, plural internal rhymes)

plural internal rhymes

  1. countableuncountableThe rhyming of words (in modern English poetry) or of stressed syllables (in old Germanic poetry) within the same line of a verse.

    We see a diverse and effective usage of internal rhyme in these ten lines. Pharoahe uses the typical internal rhyme, in which the rhymes are positioned in the middle and the end of the line (such as Lines 4, 8, and 9).

    2006, H. Samy Alim, Roc the Mic Right: The Language of Hip Hop Culture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 145

    Antonyms: exact rhyme, full rhyme, perfect rhyme

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe rhyming of words (in modern English poetry) or of stressed syllables (in old Germanic poetry) within the same line of a verse.

Opposite
exact rhymefull rhymeperfect rhyme
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Chicago

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