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internal rhymes

internal rhymes is the plural of internal rhyme.

Meaning of internal rhyme

Noun

internal rhyme (countable and uncountable, plural internal rhymes)

  1. The rhyming of words (in modern English poetry) or of stressed syllables (in old Germanic poetry) within the same line of a verse.
    • We see a diverse and effective usage of internal rhyme in these ten lines. Pharoahe uses the typical internal rhyme, in which the rhymes are positioned in the middle and the end of the line (such as Lines 4, 8, and 9).2006, H. Samy Alim, Roc the Mic Right: The Language of Hip Hop Culture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 145

Questions about internal rhymes

What is internal rhymes the plural of?
Internal rhymes is the plural of internal rhyme.

Words near internal rhymes in the dictionary

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  2. internal refugee
  3. internal refugees
  4. Internal Revenue Code
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  8. internal stress
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  11. internal-combustion-engined

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