Rhyme Flashcards
polysyllable
(rime riche) words differ by a letter as d/evolutionary
accelerated
of rhyme, occurring relatively more proximately than others in a given poem ; thus ll. 3– 4 of limericks produce metrically accelerated rhyme, and couplets are accelerated by comparison with cross or arch-rhyme. The opposite is delayed rhyme.
alliteration
the repeated use of the same consonant/s in two or more proximate words.
arch-rhyme
mirror symmetry, as abba
assonance
the repeated use of the same vowel/s in two or more proximate
words.
authorhyme
a word rhymed with itself (my coinage) ; sometimes called ‘null’ rhyme
broken rhyme
a word split between lines to facilitate a rhyme, as ‘rent’/‘vent-
// ricle’.
chain-rhyme
systematic carrying-over from one stanza or component unit of
form to the next of one or more rhyme-sounds, as in terza rima and Spenserian
sonnets.
counter-semantic rhyme
between words with opposite or antagonistic meanings, as ‘tall/small’ or ‘fear/leer’
cross-rhyme
alternating double-rhymes, as abab.
delayed
of rhyme, occurring relatively more distantly than others in a given
poem ; thus the cross-rhymes of Shakespearian sonnets are delayed by comparison with the couplet. The opposite is accelerated rhyme.
embedded rhyme
between a word and part of another word, as ‘pit/hospitality’.
eye-rhyme/printers’ rhyme
between words which, having endings spelt identically, look as if they rhyme, but are not so pronounced, as ‘though/rough’.
free rhyme
deployed without specific interlinear pattern ; free end-rhyme is also sometimes called ‘occasional’ or ‘random’ rhyme.
full/perfect-rhyme
between words whose last stressed vowel and all following sounds are identical.
half/near/slant-rhyme
between words whose last stressed vowel or all following sounds are identical, but not both ; includes vowel- and
pararhyme.
homographs
words with different meanings spelt identically
homophones
words with different meanings pronounced identically.
imperfect rhyme
all kinds other than rime riche and full-rhyme.
initial
of rhyme, between words beginning lines.
internal rhyme
within a line, between two medial or a medial and the endword, or between medial + medial or medial + end-words in different lines ;
includes leonine rhyme.
leonine rhyme
between the word preceding the cæsura and the end-word of
the same line.
medial
of rhyme, between medial words in successive lines.
mono rhyme
when all lines rhyme, aaaa
mosaic rhyme
between a word and phrase, or between phrases.
pararhyme
between words whose last stressed vowels differ but following
sounds are identical.
rhyme
the coincidence of sounds.
rhyme-scheme
an alphabetic method of notating rhyme-pattern in a stanza or
poem ; line-lengths may be indicated, by placing the number of beats after the
letter denoting the line.
rime riche/identical rhym
between words whose sounds before and after the
last stressed vowel are identical, as rhyming homophones.
semantic rhyme
between words with related or cognate meanings, as ‘jeer/
sneer’ or ‘love/give’.
single-rhymed
of a quatrain or other short unit of form, having only one pair
of rhyming lines, (as abcb or abac) ; the pattern of non-rhyming lines thereby
created.
spelling rhyme
between words deliberately (and usually comically) misspelt
or abbreviated to create the rhyme, as ‘hisses/Mrs’ or ‘devilry/S.O.B’.
stressed
of endings, with one or more stressed hypermetrical beats ; of rhymes,
with the stressed vowel in the last beat.
thematic
of rhyme, puns etc., between or involving words whose meanings
are engaged to the major theme/s of the work.
unstressed
of endings, with one or more unstressed hypermetrical beats ; of rhymes, with one or more unstressed beats following the last stressed vowel.
vowel-rhyme
between words whose last stressed vowels are identical but following sounds differ
wrenched monorhyme
between unstressed participle endings (my coinage).
