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rhyme scheme

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[rahym skeem] / ˈraɪm ˌskim /

noun

  1. the pattern of rhymes used in a poem, usually marked by letters to symbolize correspondences, as rhyme royal, ababbcc.

Etymology

Origin of rhyme scheme

First recorded in 1930–35

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