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rhyme scheme

A rhyme scheme is a specific pattern used in a poem that determines which lines rhyme. (noun)

An example of a rhyme scheme is an AA BB scheme, which means the first line rhymes with the second line, and the third line rhymes with the fourth line.

See rhyme scheme in Webster's New World College Dictionary

the pattern of rhymes, esp. end rhymes, used in a piece of verse, usually indicated by letters: ababbcc is the rhyme scheme of rhyme royal

See rhyme scheme in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The arrangement of rhymes in a poem or stanza.

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