internal rhyme

[in-tur-nl rahym]

noun

Prosody.

1. a rhyme created by two or more words in the same line of verse.

2. a rhyme created by words within two or more lines of a verse.

internal rhyme

noun

1. prosody rhyme that occurs between words within a verse line

Word History and Origins

Origin of internal rhyme¹

First recorded in 1900–05