A-Z: General definitions: Rhyme

Definition

The device, frequently used at the ends of lines in poetry, where words with the same sound are paired, sometimes for contrast ' for example, 'breath' and 'death'. It is a form if sound parallelism. A pair of rhymed lines (a rhyming couplet) is often used in Shakespearean drama to mark the end of a scene.

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