RHYME SCHEME Definition & Meaning

rhyme scheme

[ rahym skeem ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

the pattern of rhymes used in a poem, usually marked by letters to symbolize correspondences, as rhyme royal, ababbcc.

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First recorded in 1930–35

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Like Nash, Mr. Osgood was not afraid to make words fit his rhyme schemes.

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The project turned out to be just as complicated as they had feared: complex rhyme schemes, elaborate wordplay and so many songs.

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Elsewhere, he points out that “most rhyme schemes require partnered sounds to fall no more than thirty syllables apart.”

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The sonnet, with its 14 lines and strict rhyme scheme, dates back centuries.

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The last line is just here because rhyme scheme.

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