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initial rhyme — noun use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse around the rock the ragged rascal ran • Syn: ↑alliteration, ↑beginning rhyme, ↑head rhyme • Derivationally related forms: ↑alliterate (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
initial rhyme. — See beginning rhyme. [1830 40] … Useful english dictionary
initial rhyme — noun Date: 1838 alliteration … New Collegiate Dictionary
Rhyme — A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words and is most often used in poetry and songs. The word rhyme may also refer to a short poem, such as a rhyming couplet or other brief rhyming poem such as nursery rhymes. Contents 1… … Wikipedia
beginning rhyme — noun use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse around the rock the ragged rascal ran • Syn: ↑alliteration, ↑initial rhyme, ↑head rhyme • Derivationally related forms: ↑alliterate (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
beginning rhyme — the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words; alliteration, as in The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew. Also called head rhyme, initial rhyme. [1940 45] * * * ▪ literature in literature, the rhyme at the beginning of… … Universalium
head rhyme — noun use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse around the rock the ragged rascal ran • Syn: ↑alliteration, ↑initial rhyme, ↑beginning rhyme • Derivationally related forms: ↑alliterate (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
initialrhyme — initial rhyme n. See beginning rhyme. * * * … Universalium
PROSODY, HEBREW — This article is a survey of the history of Hebrew poetic forms from the Bible to the present time. The entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction the variety of formal systems the specific nature of hebrew literary history … Encyclopedia of Judaism
beginningrhyme — beginning rhyme n. 1. Rhyme at the beginning of consecutive lines of verse. Also called initial rhyme. 2. See head rhyme. * * * … Universalium
