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RHYME VS. RIME
set of homophones
rhyme- relates to poetic structure
rime- describes the frost that forms on cold things by quick freezing of water vapor in clouds or fog ("Rhyme vs. Rime")
DEFINITION
According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, rhyme is a correspondence of two or more words with similar-sounding final syllables placed so as to echo one another. It is used by poets and occasionally by prose writers to produce sounds appealing to the reader’s senses and to unify and establish a poem’s stanzaic form. ("Rhyme").
The word rime was used in Middle English and Scottish pre 1700 ("Rhyme Noun").
PRONUNCIATION
british /rʌɪm/
U.S. /raɪm/ ("Rhyme noun")
Different kinds of rhymes
masculine rhyme- two words end with the same vowel (sky x high, book x look, cat x hat)
feminine rhyme- two syllables rhyme (loving x shoving, mountain x fountain, flying x crying)
eye rhyme- syllables identical in spelling but are pronounced differently (love x move, wind x mind)
pararhyme- two syllables have different vowel sounds but identical penultimate and final consonantal groupings ("Rhyme") (dark x dock, smart x start, love x leave)
RHYME PATTERNS
the sonnet
villanelle
ballade
triolet ("Rhyme")
SOURCES
"Rhyme noun" rhyme, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary. (2023). Oed.com. https://doi.org/10.1093//OED//1023847344
"Rhyme" The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (1998, July 20). Rhyme | Poetic Device & Literary Technique. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/art/rhyme
"Rhyme vs. Rime" Osmond, C. (2023, November 19). Rime vs. Rhyme – What's the Difference? GRAMMARIST. https://grammarist.com/homophones/rhyme-vs-rime/
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