Tutoring English, it’s fun to share little definitions that expand on topics you thought were familiar.  The tutor shares a few about rhymes.

Most people know what a rhyme is:

Don’t spread the lime
Until it’s time.

This simple example is a case of end rhyme.  Next, there’s internal rhyme:

She told the date and set us straight:
“Set clocks back on the Second.”#see below

So far, most people may not be surprised.  However, did you know there’s masculine rhyme?

We called, it came:
The bird was tame.

With the masculine rhyme, only one syllable (the very end one) rhymes, whereas in feminine rhyme, two syllables sound the same:

She didn’t fancy biking;
She did enjoy hiking.

There’s even beginning rhyme, with the syllables that agree at the front of each line:

Bread we have:
Fed they’ll be.

Believe it or not, there’s still more about rhymes.  I’ve got a couple more definitions to run down; the sources don’t agree on them (so far).  However, I’ll keep you posted:)

Source:  Literary Terms, Coles Notes.  Toronto:  Indigo Books and Music Inc, 2009.

#Source:timeanddate.com

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