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Meaning of internal rhyme | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The rhyming of words (in modern English poetry) or of stressed syllables (in old Germanic poetry) within the same line of a verse.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Binnenreim
Suomi sisäsointu

Examples

“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).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

internal sandhi internal stress internalin internalisation internalism internalist

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