rhyme scheme

The definition of 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.

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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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