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Meaning of "internal rhyme" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INTERNAL RHYME

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTERNAL RHYME

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Internal rhyme is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INTERNAL RHYME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Internal rhyme

In poetry, internal rhyme, or middle rhyme, is rhyme that occurs within a single line of verse, or between internal phrases across multiple lines. By contrast, rhyme between line endings is known as end rhyme.

Definition of internal rhyme in the English dictionary

The definition of internal rhyme in the dictionary is rhyme that occurs between words within a verse line.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTERNAL RHYME

internal audit
internal auditor
internal capsule
internal ear
internal energy
internal examiner
internal market
internal medicine
internal rate of return
internal relation
internal resistance
internal respiration
internal revenue
Internal Revenue Service
internal secretion
Internal Security Committee
internal spline
internal-combustion engine
internality
internalization

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTERNAL RHYME

basil-thyme
berhyme
chyme
coenenchyme
cyclothyme
eye rhyme
feminine rhyme
full rhyme
half-rhyme
masculine rhyme
mesenchyme
monorhyme
near rhyme
nursery rhyme
pararhyme
perfect rhyme
rhyme
rich rhyme
slant rhyme
thyme

Synonyms and antonyms of internal rhyme in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «internal rhyme» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTERNAL RHYME

Find out the translation of internal rhyme to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of internal rhyme from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «internal rhyme» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

内部韵
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rima interna
570 millions of speakers

English

internal rhyme
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आंतरिक कविता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قافية داخلية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

внутренняя рифма
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rima interna
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভ্যন্তরীণ ছড়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rime interne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sajak dalaman
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

interne Reim
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

内部韻
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

내부 운율
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sajak internal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vần nội bộ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உள் ரைம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंतर्गत कविता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iç kafiye
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rima interna
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rymy wewnętrzne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

внутрішня рима
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rima intern
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εσωτερική ομοιοκαταληξία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

interne rym
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inre rim
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

interne rim
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of internal rhyme

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERNAL RHYME»

The term «internal rhyme» is normally little used and occupies the 126.026 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERNAL RHYME» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about internal rhyme

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTERNAL RHYME»

Discover the use of internal rhyme in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to internal rhyme and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Internal Rhyme
The subjects and themes are diverse and include poems responding to Blake, Klimt and Twombly alongside refigurings of the theoretical works of Alain Badiou. This is Scott Thurston's third collection with Shearsman.
Scott Thurston, 2010
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Roc the Mic Right: The Language of Hip Hop Culture
8 Leave niggaz in third degree burns and back surgery 9 Mics, guns, knives, pick, declare which object, flip 10 Have niggaz on the run like the Blair Witch Project We see a diverse and effective usage of internal rhyme in these ten lines.
H. Samy Alim, 2006
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Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices: ...
Curriculum Tie-in: Athletics (Baseball) , Science (Apple Production) INTERNAL RHYME Two or more words rhyme within a line of text. Example: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary . . . ." Edgar Allan Poe, The ...
Susan Hall, 2001
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Marcabru: A Critical Edition
If for some later poems (for example Peire Vidal's 'Ajostar e lassar') scribes seem to have signalled internal rhyme consistently with line-stops, with earlier poems scribes frequently either do not signal internal rhyme, or alternatively they do so ...
Simon Gaunt, Ruth Harvey, Linda M. Paterson, 2000
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Love Songs from Al-Andalus: History, Structure, and Meaning ...
Differences The use of internal rhyme It is obvious that both Andalusi and Romance poets exploited all possibilities to elaborate the basic scheme zz// aaaz zz/ bbbz zz/, etc. However, we can see important differences when we compare both ...
Otto Zwartjes, 1997
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Peaks of Yemen I Summon: Poetry as Cultural Practice in a ...
Several degrees of complexity are possible in the construction of an internal rhyme. For example, it is easy to see that scheme 2 is more complex than scheme 1: 1. a | a || a 2. a | a | a | a || a Scheme 2 demonstrates that the hemistich can be ...
Steven Charles Caton, 1990
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Hindi Poetry in a Musical Genre: Thumri Lyrics
In bol banāv the occurrences are more haphazard; it does not seem as though internal rhyme is an obligatory feature of a text's structure, whereas bandiś incorporates internal rhyme into the overall rhyme scheme. The slow and melismatic ...
Lalita du Perron, 2007
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Ovid Revisited: The Poet in Exile
Internal rhyme works to underscore an uncomfortable similarity. 3.3.4. Internal rhyme: a special case? Internal rhyme is frequent as the function of typically elegiac split phrasing or hyperbaton, that is, the separation of noun and agreeing  ...
Jo-Marie Claassen, 2013
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The Harley Lyrics Revisited: A Multilingual Textual Community
The first couplet is of long lines with internal rhyme. The second functions as one very long line of four hemistichs, rhyming in aaab; the internal rhyme is borrowed from the end rhyme of the preceding couplet. The refrain shares both end ...
Stephen C. Maulsby, 2008
10
Language Arts 1
Saddleback Educational Publishing. Annabel Lee —Edgar Allan Poe Discuss these questions about the poem with a partner. 1. Locate the first occurrence of internal rhyme in stanza four. What idea is being emphasized? 2. Locate the second ...
Saddleback Educational Publishing, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTERNAL RHYME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term internal rhyme is used in the context of the following news items.
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Crossing Borders! Kayole's Khaligraph Jones Now Giving Busta …
Busta Rhymes is best known for his intricate rapping technique, which involves rapping at a fast rate with a lot of internal rhyme and half rhyme. «Ghafla!Kenya, Jun 15»
2
At Long Last...
Rather, Rocky patches together internal rhyme schemes into neat little packages: his bars aren't long but pack a punch more often than not due ... «The News Hub, Jun 15»
3
Review: Corbin & Bobby Raps feed off Varsity crowd
The lyrics contain a bit of Earl Sweatshirt-ish internal rhyme wordiness alongside emo-rap's need to be revelatory about deeper thoughts and ... «City Pages, Jun 15»
4
What Happens When a Great Editor Writes His First Novel
Galassi isn't Nabokov, but the poems he concocts are clean columns of free verse, flecked with internal rhyme and lovely turns: How to go on. «The New Republic, Jun 15»
5
A$AP Rocky's 'At.Long.Last.A$AP' Is the Perfect Experiment: Album …
Like on his first album, Rocky's raps lean on speed-shifting and internal rhyme schemes to chronicle exquisite thuggery and luxury escapism. «Billboard, May 15»
6
This Machine Studied Over 10000 Rap Songs to Do Something No …
Wu-Tang Clan's Inspectah Deck leads the pack, followed by Rakim (widely known for his pioneering use of internal rhyme), and Finnish rapper ... «Mic, May 15»
7
Les Murray finds brevity in poetry anthology Waiting for the Past
There is a subtle music to be relished too: notice how the nasal stop (''n'') that anchors the internal rhyme of the final balanced line (''then''/ ... «The Australian, May 15»
8
When The Family Business Is Ribald Wedding Poetry
“Remember, it's best if you can have as much internal rhyme as possible. Dad did it effortlessly.” The truth is, writing silly poems now gives me ... «BuzzFeed News, May 15»
9
In darkness, Earl Sweatshirt lights up
His relentless internal rhyme schemes in this song are dotted with lines like, “You used to say you like violins,” adding a human element to the ... «Campus Times, Apr 15»
10
CBB Interview with Mike Aquilina
MIKE AQUILINA: We liked the internal rhyme of the -ev sound in “seven” and “revolutions.” So we had to pare it down. PETE: Chapter 10 is ... «Patheos, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Internal rhyme [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/internal-rhyme>. Apr 2024 ».
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