A woman from Arlington, Massachusetts, drew the name "Edwin" from a hat, and so the infant had a name at last, clattering though it was with an ungainly
triple rhyme that he would always loathe.
Or the
triple rhyme of "footfalls," "caterwauls," and "wall"?
And there is one
triple rhyme: dim windows like eyes asquint / pig with
Rhyme is classified according to the number of syllables contained in the rhyme as follows: masculine rhyme, in which the final syllables are accented and after differing initial consonants the sounds are identical (lark, stark; support, resort); feminine rhyme, in which accented, rhyming syllables are followed by identical, unaccented syllables (revival, arrival; flutter, butter); and
triple rhyme, a kind of feminine rhyme in which accented, rhyming syllables are followed by two identical syllables (machinery, scenery; tenderly, slenderly).
Simple Rhymes: V(C)/ V(C) ryng / thyng Rich Rhymes: CVC / CVC prisonn / raunsoun Double Rhymes: VCVC / VCVC oother / brother Double Rich Rhymes: CVCVC / CVCVC omnipotent/impotent
Triple Rhymes: VCVCVC / VCVCVC pronunciation / denunciation
There is a small bitter jolt when he rhymes panni ("clothes") with danni ("injuries"), just as in the two
triple rhymes of the sestet Petrarch rings the changes on the whole anguished history of his love by rhyming on Amore ("love"), ore ("hours") and dolore ("sorrow"), interlaced with martiri ("torments"), desiri ("desires") and sospiri ("sighs").
Rhyme's capacity to cross language barriers is demonstrated by
triple rhymes: for example, 'in tabulis | la vile de Paris | so wel me is.' (17) Early Middle English poems, such as the Brut (late twelfth century), represent a transition from the old alliterative to the new syllabic, rhymed verse, and combine alliteration with internal and end-rhyme.
The longer lines all have
triple rhymes; in some of them there is an even more marked degree of repetition.
The term feminine rhyme is also sometimes applied to
triple rhymes, or rhymes involving three syllables (such as exciting and inviting).