rhyme
the repetition of identical or similar sounds, usually at the end of poetic lines
alliteration
the repetition of the opening sounds (first letter) of words
e.g. Red Riding Hood
rhyme scheme
the ordered pattern of end-rhymes across a poem
they might follow a conventional format (sonnet rhyme scheme) or a poet’s own invention
Perfect rhyme
when the sound of two words match exactly, usually by repeating the main stressed vowel and any consonants that follow it
internal rhyme
the repetition of sounds within a line of verse
e.g. and priests in black gowns were walking their rounds
Imperfect rhyme or slant rhyme
constructions where the rhymes are only partial or slight correspondences of sound because only the vowel or the consonant sounds are repeated
Perfect Rhyme types (3)
triple rhyme
- rhymes involving three syllables
- e.g. greenery and scenery
masculine rhyme
- rhymes of one stressed syllable
- e.g. reach and speech
feminine rhyme
- rhymes of two syllables that end on an unstressed note
- e.g. yellow and fellow
Eye Rhyme
rhymes that only exist to the eye, because the spelling rather than the sound chimes.
Points towards a print culture as the writer expects his poem to be printed so that the eye rhyme is seen
e.g. Christ - mist
Imperfect rhyme types (3)
consonance
- when only the final consonant sounds correspond
- e.g. check - pluck
assonance
- when only the internal vowel sounds correspond
- e.g. deep - meat
pararhyme
- when the consonant order is repeated, but the vowels differ
- flesh - flash or bid - bad
onomatopoeia
when a word’s sound replicates or evokes the thing or action it describes
e.g. bang