1. Rhyme Repetition of syllables Most often at the end of a line of poetry Rhymed words usually share all sounds following the word’s last stressed syllable Rhyme Scheme Describes the pattern of end rhymes in a stanza Letters of the alphabet are used to code the rhyme scheme (ABAB, for example) Some words are “EYE” rhymes – they only rhyme when spelled, but not when pronounced. through and rough

2. “END” rhyme is more common – the final syllables in the line are rhymed: Tyger, tyger, burning bright In the forests of the night (William Blake, The Tyger) “FEMININE” Rhyme is in the unstressed syllables dicing and enticing table and label “IDENTICAL” Rhyme uses the same, identical word twice in rhyming positions

3. “INTERNAL” Rhyme is when words within a single line of poetry rhyme with each other – a word in the middle of the line could rhyme with a word at the end of the line. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. (Edgar Allan Poe) “MASCULINE” Rhyme is a common type of rhyming. The stressed syllable is the end of the line of poetry & it is the syllable which rhymes. hells and bells cat and rat annoy and destroy

4. “MONORHYME” is when there is only one rhyme in the entire stanza. Silent, Silent Night by William Blake Silent Silent Night Quench the holy light Of thy torches bright For possessd of Day Thousand spirits stray That sweet joys betray Why should joys be sweet Used with deceit Nor with sorrows meet But an honest joy Does itself destroy For a harlot coy

5. “PARARHYME” is when two words almost rhyme, but the vowels are slightly different Through granites which Titanic wars had groined. Yet also there encumbered sleepers groaned. (Wilfred Owen) CONSONANCE Sounds in two words resemble one another – they almost rhyme bed and bad bud and dab HALF RHYME: tell and toll, sopped and leapt; the end sound is the same (Sometimes, “Half Rhyme” is called “Off-Rhyme” or “Slant Rhyme” or “Apophany”)