English literature A1 poetry glossary:RHYME

key terms+definitions

cross-rhyme

alternating double-rhymes e.g. abab

end rhyme

occurs at the end of rhymes

eye rhymes

words spelt alike but not actually rhyming e.g. “love” and “prove”

half-rhymes

also called consonance. repetition of the same consonant sounds before and after different vowels - “groaned” and “groined”

Internal rhymes

occurs within lines

Slant rhyme(also partial, near, off-rhymes)

a rhyme that isn’t quite a rhyme, e.g. “dear” and “door” form a slant rhyme, as well as “soul” and “wall” , words sound similar but aren’t close enough to make a full rhyme