monorhyme

[ mon-uh-rahym ]

noun

, Prosody.

1. a poem or stanza in which all the lines rhyme with each other.

Word History and Origins

Origin of monorhyme¹

First recorded in 1725–35; mono- + rhyme

Example Sentences

It is indeed curious that so many militants, who are some of the most wanted men in the world, should take the time to study prosody and write poems in monorhyme - one rhyme for what is sometimes many dozens of lines of verse.

From The Guardian

The term is an archaic flourish—like using monorhyme and classical metres.

From The New Yorker

The poems are in monorhyme and one of sixteen canonical metres, making them easy to memorize.

From The New Yorker

It may seem curious that some of the most wanted men in the world should take the time to fashion poems in classical metres and monorhyme—far easier to do in Arabic than in English, but something that still requires practice.

From The New Yorker

Almost all the poems are written in monorhyme—one rhyme for what is sometimes many dozens of lines of verse—and classical Arabic metres.

From The New Yorker