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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

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.

See also

internal sandhi internal stress internalin internalisation internalism internalist