internal rhyme

American  

[in-tur-nl rahym] / ˈɪnˌtɜr nl ˈraɪm /

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.

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internal rhyme British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of internal rhyme

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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internal rhyme

On the other hand, he can do these patter songs that are just so virtuosic in terms of the internal rhyme and the ideas and the wordplay.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2023

The delicate internal rhyme in Selena Gomez‘s “My Mind & Me” ironically suits a song about profound inner discord.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2023

English, in “Briggflatts,” is compacted into mouthfuls crunchy with alliteration and internal rhyme.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 2, 2016

Sometimes he tends toward complex internal rhyme, but just as often he’s merely exulting.

From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2012

Note the happy effect of the internal rhyme in this line.

From The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. by Lowell, James Russell