What is RHYME?
RHYME is the similarity in sound of the ends of words.
There are a few different types of RHYMES.
What are the different TYPES OF RHYMES?
End-Rhyme
When the rhyme occurs at the end of a line of poetry
Internal Rhyme
When the rhyme occurs within a single line of poetry
Perfect Rhyme
When word rhyme exactly
EXAMPLE – clock, rock / rave, shave
Eye Rhyme
When words look like they rhyme, but are pronounced differently
EXAMPLE – cover, over / bough, tough
Imperfect Rhyme (also called Near-Rhyme, Off-Rhyme, Slant Rhyme, and Half-Rhyme)
When words partially rhyme. They may share the same vowel or consonant sounds.
EXAMPLE – Crumb, Home / Seam, Swim / Killed, Cooled
What is RHYME SCHEME?
A RHYME SCHEME is the pattern of rhyming lines in a poem.
It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme.
EXAMPLE
Three years she grew in sun and shower a
Then Nature said, “A lovelier flower a
On earth was never sown; b
This Child I to myself will take; c
She shall be mine, and I will make c
A Lady of my own.” b
