Rhyme

A rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds usually, the exact same phonemes in thestressed syllables in addition to any coming after or as a a object that is said of. syllables of two or more words. nearly often, this category of perfect rhyming is consciously used for a musical or aesthetic case in theposition of lines within poems or songs. More broadly, a rhyme may also variously refer to other rank of similar sounds near the ends of two or more words. Furthermore, the word rhyme has come to be sometimes used as a shorthand term for all brief poem, such(a) as a nursery rhyme or Balliol rhyme.

Etymology

The word derives from Old French rime or ryme, which might be derived from Old Frankish rīm, a Germanic term meaning "series, sequence" attested in Old English Old English rīm meaning "enumeration, series, numeral" as well as Old High German rīm, ultimately cognate to Old Irish rím, Greek ἀριθμός arithmos "number". Alternatively, the Old French words may derive from Latin rhythmus, from Greek ῥυθμός rhythmos, rhythm.

The spelling rhyme from original rime was filed at the beginning of the innovative English period from a learned but perhaps etymologically incorrect connection with Latin rhythmus. The older spelling rime survives in modern English as a rare option spelling; cf. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. A distinction between the spellings is also sometimes presented in the explore of linguistics as well as phonology for which rime or rhyme is used to refer to the nucleus and coda of a syllable. Some prefer to spell it rime to distinguish it from the poetic rhyme subjected by this article see syllable rime.