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rhyme Definition

rhyme (rīm)

noun

  1. a piece of verse, or poem, in which there is a regular recurrence of corresponding sounds, esp. at the ends of lines
  2. such verse or poetry in general
  3. correspondence of sound between stressed syllables at the ends of words or lines of verse; specif., perfect rhyme (sense )
  4. a word that corresponds with another in sound, esp. end sound

Etymology: ME rime < OFr < rimer, to rhyme, prob. < Frank *rim, row, series, akin to OE, OHG rim, series, number < IE *rei- (> OIr rim, number) < base *are-, to join, fit (> art, ratio, rite): form infl. by assoc. with L rhythmus, rhythm

intransitive verb rhymed, rhym′·ing

  1. to make verse, esp. rhyming verse
  2. to form a rhyme “more” rhymes with “door”
  3. to be composed in metrical form with rhymes
  4. to be in accord or agreement the eyewitness accounts rhyme on the essential points

transitive verb

  1. to put into rhyme
  2. to compose in metrical form with rhymes
  3. to use as a rhyme or rhymes

rhyme Idioms

rhyme or reason

order or sense: preceded by without, no, etc.

rhyme Synonyms

rhyme

n.

verse, rhyming verse, vowel-chime; see poetry.

rhyme Usage Examples

Object

  • couplet: The 172 lines that follow are written in rhyming couplets in the style of the popular ballads common to the period.
  • slang: Dukes, of course, from the rhyming slang Duke of York, er, fork.
  • pentameter: All the dialog, which Potter wrote, is in rhyming iambic pentameter, apart from a few direct declarations with eight syllables.
  • riddle: Solve rhyming riddles by finding hundreds of cleverly hidden objects, ra Focus Multimedia Britannica Encyclopedia Deluxe Millenium Ed.
  • dictionary: He reads poetry more than he used, and he keeps a rhyming dictionary in his bedroom.
  • verse: I'm truly inspired to write humorous, rhymed verse for children.

Converse of object

  • recite: Children at Leapfrog Day Nurseries will be learning and reciting rhymes, stories and songs, while raising vital funds for I CAN.
  • chant: Other groups chanted the rhyme as they pretended to be the monster.
  • sing: Does she enjoy looking at books and joining in to sing rhymes and tell stories?
  • remember: Remember the rhyme " Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old.

Adjective modifier

  • feminine: Feminine rhymes are those ending in a mute e or a mute syllable.
  • internal: Back to top The poem has an irregular rhyme scheme - including occasional internal rhyme.
  • occasional: Back to top The poem has an irregular rhyme scheme - including occasional internal rhyme.
  • traditional: Even traditional nursery rhymes were adapted to give a ' Potato Pete ' theme!
  • favorite: Baby rhymes party supplies Baby rhymes A favorite nursery rhyme to give your party a certain lift.
  • famous: The original Banbury Cross in the famous nursery rhyme was pulled down at the end of the 16th century.

Modifies a noun

  • scheme: You are not expected to remember every metrical device or every rhyme scheme: I have included a glossary at the back.
  • awareness: Bonnie Macmillan carried out a meticulous examination of the research evidence behind the influential claims that rhyme awareness promotes reading ability.

Noun used with modifier

  • nursery: The nursery rhyme version we know now is much longer of course.
  • childhood: The implements the part of the childhood rhyme ' thirty days have September, \\ April June and November.
rhyme Quotes

But those who cannot write, and those who can, All rhyme, and scrawl, and scribble, to a man.

—Pope, Alexander

   Leonora, Leonora, How the word rollsöLeonoraö Lion-like, in full-mouthed sound, Marching o'er the metric ground With a tawny tread sublime; So your name moves, Leonora, Down my desert rhyme.

—Craik, Dinah Maria ne¤  e Mulock

I will sing no more songs: the pride of my country I sang Through forty long years of good rhyme, without any avail; And no one cared even as much as the half of a hang For the song or the singer, so here is an end of the tale.

—OŁ    Bruadair, Da¤ i bh|¤  dh

The more rhymethere isin poetry the more dangerof its tricking the writer into something other than the urge in the beginning.

—Sandburg, Carl

Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Called him soft names in many a muse'  d rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy!

—Keats,John

Those blessed structures, plot and rhyme ö whyare they no help to me now I want to make something imagined, not recalled?

—Lowell, RobertTraill Spence,Jr

  the poet like an acrobat climbs on rime to a high wire of his own making.

—Ferlinghetti, Lawrence

I was promised on a time, To have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason.

—Spenser, Edmund

   Rhyme is the rock on which thou art to wreck.

—Dryden,John

For rhyme the rudder is of verses, With which like ships they steer their courses.

—Butler, Samuel

Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.

—Milton,John

But here I am in Kent and Christendom, Among the Muses, where I read and rhyme.

—Wyatt, SirThomas (the Elder)