grade 9 lesson

2. A correspondence of sound between words or
the endings of words, especially when these are
used at the ends of lines of poetry.
A repetition of similar sounds (usually, the exact
phonemes) in the final stressed syllables and
any of following syllables of two or more words.
Ex. Day, prey, weigh, bouquet

3. INTERNAL RHYME
END RHYME

4.  Internal rhyme is a poetic device which refers to the use of rhyming words within
a single line or between phrases across multiple lines. Internal rhyme is the
opposite of external rhyme.
 EX. The ship was cheer’d, the harbor clear’d,
And every day, for food or play,
In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud,..
Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white,
Glimmer’d the white moonshine.….
 Why look’st thou so?’—’With my crossbow
Ah wretch! Said they, the bird to slay…
Then all averr’d, I had kill’d the bird…
The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
 The Rime of Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge

5.  End rhyme occurs when the last syllables or words in two or more lines rhyme with each other. It
is also known as “tail rhyme,” and occurs at the ends of the lines. The lines ending in similar sounds are
pleasant to hear, and give musical effect to the poem or song. This is called the end rhyme.
EX.
Macavity's a Mystery Cat: he's called the Hidden Paw—
For he's the master criminal who can defy the law.
He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair:
For when they reach the scene of crime - Macavity's not there!
(TS Eliot, 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats', 1939)

6. Syllabic rhyme is the rhyming of the last syllable of words. It is when
the sound in the last syllable of word pairs is the same but does not
contain stressed vowels. An example of Syllabic rhyme
is pitter and patter.
Monosyllabic rhyme is the rhyming of single-syllable words. An
example of Monosyllabic rhyme is hit and sit.
Multisyllabic rhyme is the rhyming of multiple syllables. This can be
multisyllabic words, or rhyming multiple monosyllabic words with
other monosyllabic words. An example of multisyllabic rhyme
is gratitude (gr-ah-tih-chew-d) and latitude (l-ah-tih-chew-d) (rhyming
multisyllabic words). Another example of multisyllabic rhyme is no
way and snow day (rhyming multiple monosyllabic words).

8.  Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry. In
other words, it is the structure of end words of a verse or line that a poet needs to create when writing a
poem.
 Rhyme schemes are described using the letters of the alphabet, such that all the lines in a poem that
rhyme with each other are assigned a letter, beginning with A.
EX.
“ ROSES ARE RED A
OCEANS ARE BLUE. B
ROSE IS DEAD, A
I HAD NO CLUE.” B