rhyme
Noun
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associated with: assonant - having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllablesis a type of: versification - the form or metrical composition of a poemsubtypes:
- internal rhyme - a rhyme between words in the same line
- alliteration, beginning rhyme, head rhyme, initial rhyme - use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
- assonance, vowel rhyme - the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
- consonance, consonant rhyme - the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
- double rhyme - a two-syllable rhyme
- eye rhyme - an imperfect rhyme (e.g., `love' and `move')
is a part of: poem, verse form - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical linessame as: rime -
is a type of: poem, verse form - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical linessubtypes:
- clerihew - a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person
- doggerel, doggerel verse, jingle - a comic verse of irregular measure
- limerick - a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba
same as: verse
Verb
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is a type of: create verbally - create with or from wordssubtypes:
- tag - supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes
- alliterate - use alliteration as a form of poetry
same as: rime -
is a type of: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristicssubtypes: assonate - correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonancesame as: rime
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