ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Monorhyme

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Monorhyme is a noun meaning (poetry) A poem or rhyme scheme whose lines all end with the same rhyme.

Meaning

(poetry) A poem or rhyme scheme whose lines all end with the same rhyme.

More Meanings

  1. Having a single rhyme

Example Sentences

Until 1629 no other rhyme scheme approaches the importance of monorhyme; in 1655–1729 alternating rhyme numbers over half of the total output, and for two of the next three generations it drops down to about a third.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rhyme, homeoteleuton, identical, couplet, pararhyme, homorhythm.

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