Poetic Rhyme

• What are the common types of rhyme used by poets?

  Poets use end rhyme, assonance, alliteration, slant rhyme, and internal rhyme.
• What is slant rhyme?

  Slant rhyme occurs when two words look like they should rhyme but don’t. For example, "enough" and "though."
• How does slant rhyme differ from perfect rhyme?

  Slant rhyme seems like it should rhyme but doesn’t, while perfect rhyme (like "enough" and "tough") matches exactly in sound.
• How did Emily Dickinson use slant rhyme in her poem "Hope Is the Thing with Feathers"?

  In the poem, she used slant rhyme with the words "soul" and "all," which are not a perfect rhyme but have similar consonant sounds.
• What is internal rhyme?

  Internal rhyme occurs within the same line of a poem, usually in the stressed vowel and following consonant.
• Give an example of internal rhyme from T.S. Eliot's poem "Gerontion."


  The line "Here I am, an old man in a dry month" contains internal rhyme with "I" and "dry" and "an" and "man."
• How does internal rhyme affect the pace of a poem?


  Internal rhyme can speed up or slow down the reading pace, depending on how it is used.
• How is internal rhyme similar to slant rhyme?

  Both techniques are used by poets to emphasize certain words or ideas in a poem.
• What effect does slant rhyme and internal rhyme have on a poem?

  Both rhyme techniques highlight key words and ideas, creating rhythm and changing the pace of the poem.