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