Definition of Rhyme

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Definition of Rhyme

Rhyme

An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language.

Correspondence of sound in the terminating words or syllables of two or more verses, one succeeding another immediately or at no great distance. The words or syllables so used must not begin with the same consonant, or if one begins with a vowel the other must begin with a consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be the same, as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be any.

Verses, usually two, having this correspondence with each other; a couplet; a poem containing rhymes.

A word answering in sound to another word.

To make rhymes, or verses.

To accord in rhyme or sound.

To put into rhyme.

To influence by rhyme.

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Rhyme Quotations

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end.
Gilda Radner

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.
Victor Hugo

Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Rappers tend to use words sometimes that just rhyme and don't really mean nothing.
Trick Daddy

I mean, when it's time to rhyme rhyme, I can get down for mine.
Missy Elliot

I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time.
Hilaire Belloc

I don't write down my experiences, but I have a very decent memory. I have tons of books in which I write down phrases as they occur to me. That's how I write songs. I'll need a line and I'll go through the books and find it, the right rhyme and everything.
Evan Dando

It's useless to try and make rhyme or reason of it, because one guy thinks one thing and the other guy sees a whole other thing. So I try not to take them too seriously. Lately I have them screened so I only read the positive ones.
David Zucker

If you play jazz, then you play with your fingers. If you're playing rock, you use a pick. There's really no rhyme or reason to that other than that's just the way it has been.
Kevin Eubanks

I like a very dark house, just black. I sit there and just think. Once I'm still and quiet inside, I'll begin. It's very personal; it has to be. One song may be Bach, the next blues, a song from TV, or a nursery rhyme or jazz piece.
Bobby McFerrin

Rhyme Translations

rhyme in Dutch is rijmen, berijmen
rhyme in Finnish is riimi
rhyme in French is rime
rhyme in German is Reim, Reim, Reims
rhyme in Latin is poema poematis
rhyme in Portuguese is rima
rhyme in Spanish is rima
rhyme in Swedish is rim, rimma

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