Rhyme Jenny Cho
Definition A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs. A rhyme is a tool utilizing repeating patterns that brings rhythm or musicality in poems which differentiate them from prose which is plain. http://literarydevices.net/rhyme/ A rhyme is a verse or poetry having correspondence in the terminal sounds of the lines. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/rhyme Rhyme refers to identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse. And these are some other definitions of rhyme.
Types of rhymes Perfect Rhyme General Rhyme Eye Rhymes There are three types of rhymes which are perfect rhyme, general rhyme and eye rhymes.
Perfect rhyme A perfect rhyme is a case in which two words rhyme in such a way that their final stressed vowel and all following sounds are identical sight and light, right and might, rose and dose etc. A perfect rhyme is a case in which two words rhyme in such a way that their final stressed vowel and all following sounds are identical. These are the examples.
General rhyme The term general rhyme refers to a variety of phonetic likeness between words. Syllabic rhyme words having a similar sounding last syllable but without a stressed vowel Imperfect rhyme rhyme between a stressed and an unstressed syllable. Assonance or Slant Rhyme words having the same vowel sound e.g. kill and bill, wall and hall, shake and hate etc. Consonance having the same consonant sound Alliteration or Head Rhyme matching initial consonant sounds The term general rhyme refers to a variety of phonetic likeness between words. Bottle and fiddle, cleaver and silver, patter and pitter are examples of syllabic rhyme. Words having a similar sounding last syllable but without a stressed vowel Wing and caring, sit and perfect, reflect and subject are examples of imperfect rhyme. A rhyme between a stressed and an unstressed syllable. Assonance or Slant Rhyme exists in words having the same vowel sound such as kill and bill, wall and hall, shake and hate. Consonance exist in words having the same consonant sound. For example, rabbit and robber, ship and sheep. Alliteration or Head Rhyme refers to matching initial consonant sounds like sea and seal, ship and short etc.
Eye rhyme Also called sight or spelling rhymes Refer to words having the same spelling but different sounds. In such case, the final syllables have the same spellings but are pronounce differently cough and bough, love and move etc. Eye Rhymes refer to words having the same spelling but different sounds. In such case, the final syllables have the same spellings but are pronounce differently.
Example 1 Common phrases Conjugate words See you later, alligator. In a while, crocodile. You’re a poet and you didn’t know it. Conjugate words Hokey-pokey Namby-pamby Itsy-bitsy Teenie-weenie Silly-billy There are plenty of common phrases we say in English that contain rhymes. Here are some examples: There are also many conjugate words that we use in English that are rhymes, such as the following:
Example 2 "This precious book of love, this unbound lover, To beautify him only lacks a cover." - Romeo and Juliet She means Juliet will be the "cover" if she marries him. With a lock on it, to keep the story (Paris) all to herself. The only thing Paris needs to complete him is a wife, and Lady Capulet wants that wife to be Juliet. It helps if you remember that books were very valuable things in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Why do writers use rhyme? Rhyme is often easy for native speakers in a language to hear. It is used as a literacy skill with young children for them to hear phonemes. Authors often use rhyme to make their lines more memorable and to signal the ends of lines. Writers frequently use rhyme in order to produce sounds appealing to the reader’s senses and to unify and establish a poem’s stanzaic form.