Internal rhyme

/ɪntˈɜːnəl ɹˈaɪm/

[noun]

Internal rhyme

[NOUN]

a rhyme in poetry that occurs in the middle of a single line of verse

Examples

1. for a great example of what you can do with internal rhyme, Dr. Adams cites the first verse of Blazing Arrow by Blackalicious, and this is where doing this as a YouTube video instead of an academic paper gets complicated.

2. the approach to rhyme is also much simpler, with mostly just end rhymes instead of the more involved internal rhymes common to the rest of the musical.

3. this is called internal rhyme, where the rhyming syllables are buried inside the line instead of just sitting at the end.

4. adding internal rhymes to your lyrics can help provide a bit more cohesion, making the whole thing feel like one composed piece instead of just two lines that you haphazardly tied together.