Difference between revisions of "Rhyme scheme"

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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):
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-<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]]

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