internal rhyme
Americannoun
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a rhyme created by two or more words in the same line of verse.
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a rhyme created by words within two or more lines of a verse.
noun
Etymology
Origin of internal rhyme
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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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
But it’s Lil Wayne who’s truly Zen, afloat in a vortex of internal rhyme and syllabic cha-cha.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2020
The producer zigs with a dusty funk sample that plucks long-forgotten strings or blows tarnished horns, while the rapper zags with a polysyllabic vocal attack that packs in punchlines and internal rhyme.
From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2019
The reader doesn’t stumble over an unintended internal rhyme or a clumsy repetition.
From The Guardian • Oct. 7, 2017
In eleven of these twelve lines internal rhyme occurs, sometimes joining the parts of a line, sometimes uniting successive lines.
From Select Poems of Sidney Lanier by Callaway, Morgan
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