internal rhyme
Verse's inner chime
Internal rhyme is rhyme occurring within a single line of verse rather than at line endings: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.
The device creates musicality and momentum, binding phrases together.
Internal rhymes may fall at predictable intervals or appear irregularly for emphasis.
- verseMetered poetic passage
- PoeAmerican gothic writer's surname
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- meterDevice that measures usage
The Raven · line · couplet · rhyming couplet · echo · rapping · hip hop lyrics · rap verse · poetry · refrain · poetic technique · cadence · stanza · sonnet · slant · prosody · repetition · chime
presence of rhyme
internal rhymeblank verse
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
free verse · prose · alliteration · assonance · consonance
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