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
He said he was reading the poetry of Dylan Thomas and was conscious of using internal rhyme.
From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2020
English, in “Briggflatts,” is compacted into mouthfuls crunchy with alliteration and internal rhyme.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 2, 2016
As is natural to a novice, he rather exaggerates his liberties, especially in the cases where the internal rhyme seduces him.
From Sir Walter Scott Famous Scots Series by Saintsbury, George
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