internal rhyme

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internal rhyme

Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse, as in "the grains beyond age, the dark veins of her mother" (Dylan Thomas).

internal rhyme

(Literature / Poetry) Prosody rhyme that occurs between words within a verse line

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internal rhyme - a rhyme between words in the same line

rhyme, rime - correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)

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Prelutsky uses alliteration, euphony, and internal rhyme to create images that, though brief, are memorable.

If Not for the Cat by The Horn Book Magazine

She's a master of form, making good use of repetition, internal rhyme, the inventive line and stanza break, and the prose poem.

Keenan, Deborah. Good heart by Budin, Sue E. / Kliatt

Notice Rakim's obsessive tendency for internal rhyme - in the third line, "biting"/"fighting"/"inviting," and in the seventh line, "mind"/"find"/"kind.

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