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A '''rhyme scheme''' is the pattern of rhymes that appear in a [[poem]] or piece of poetry. Rhyme schemes are written using letters or numbers to denote lines that rhyme with each other; for example, the following passage from [[Shakespeare]]'s ''The Tempest'' has the rhyme scheme AAAAABB (or 1111122):
<blockquote>
Where the bee sucks, there suck I;<br />
In a cowslip's bell I lie;<br />
There I couch when owls do cry.<br />
On the bat's back I do fly<br />
After summer merrily.<br />
Merrily, merrily shall I live now<br />
Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.<br />
</blockquote>
Note that the fifth line (ending 'merrily') is an [[eye-rhyme]]. If one chose not to count this as a rhyme, the rhyme scheme would be written AAAABCC.
Some kinds of poem are defined by their rhyme scheme, for example:
*[[Limerick]] - AABBA
*Clerihew - AABB
*Shakespearean [[sonnet]] - usually ABBA CDDC EFFEGG
==Half-rhyme==
Half-rhymes (eg eat/beak or cat/slap) can be differentiated from full rhymes by using lower-case letters. For example, in the following extract from 'Up the Junction' by Squeeze, the rhyme scheme could be written aabbCCdd:
<blockquote>
I never thought it would happen<br />
With me and the girl from Clapham<br />
Out on the windy common<br />
That night I ain't forgotten<br />
As she dealt out the rations<br />
With some or other passions<br />
I said 'You are a lady'<br />
'Perhaps,' she said, 'I may be...'
</blockquote>
Note that the fifth and sixth lines rhyme fully, so are denoted by uppercase letters, whereas the rest are half-rhymes and so are represented using lowercase.
[[Category:Poetry]]