internal rhyme

[ in-tur-nl rahym ]

noun

, Prosody.

1. a rhyme created by two or more words in the same line of verse.
2. a rhyme created by words within two or more lines of a verse.

internal rhyme

noun

1. prosody rhyme that occurs between words within a verse line

Word History and Origins

Origin of internal rhyme¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Listen to how he squeezes a propulsive internal rhyme into the song’s hook with a single world, “boatload.”

From Washington Post

On the other hand, he can do these patter songs that are just so virtuosic in terms of the internal rhyme and the ideas and the wordplay.

From Washington Post

Priscilla Block, “My Bar” Top-shelf internal rhyme from Nashville, where the cheap stuff just won’t do: “Out of the corner of my eye / I see the door guy checking your ID.”

From Los Angeles Times

But get past that and the song’s verses are packed with internal rhymes and tensions.

From New York Times

One of the year’s signature rap stylists, Remble declaims like he’s giving a physics lecture, all punching-bag emphasis and tricky internal rhymes.

From New York Times