rhyme scheme

[ rahym skeem ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of rhyme scheme¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

As will be seen on examination, the rhyme scheme is as follows: a b b a a b b a c d c d c d.

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Does this rhyme scheme help to produce the effect of the poem?

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The rhyme-scheme is called a couplet, because of the way in which two lines are linked together.

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The even verses are usually in assonance, although the verses may have the rhyme-scheme a b a b.

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Dcimas are strophes of ten octosyllabic verses with the rhyme-scheme a b b a a c c d d c.

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