"What is Rhyme in Poetry?": A Literary Guide for English Students and Teachers

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This whole explanation is structured like a poem with various rhyme schemes incorporated to empathize his point....brilliant!

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Man…that is why you are a “poet-in-residence.” Great lecture, full of information from beginning to end. Thank you.

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[@hypotheticalliberty3007]

RE: Light and Heft GH sometimes make F, but not in this instance. The "rhyme" is teasing the reader, inviting them to say "Lift" which is another quality sharing play on words with "Light and Heft". Brilliant!

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this explains why poems can have echos and don't need to rhyme (Thank you!)

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Rereading the Dickinson's instance of rhyme scheme I'm told that 'of light' is supposed to reflect the usage of 'heft' that occurs two lines downstream I misunderstand what I'm supposed to inspect Perhaps, it's the meaning that trumps rhyming vowel? Or vowel-less, matching the consonants left? Endeavoring fruitless, I throw in the towel Conceiving no reasoning 'light' rhymes with 'heft'

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Ha! OK, this wins best comment for the video. Thanks, Otheus rex! If looking for a perfect rhyme you'll find none there. But given time, you'll see the one you want. It's all about the slant.

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Do these words rhyme since they all end in 's'? Norms Knuckles Diktats I would appreciate your feedback. Many thanks

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I can't wrap my head around this video's assertion that "light" rhymes with "heft" in the Emily Dickinson poem. Shouldn't the Rhyme Scheme be ABCB, not ABAB? "light and "heft" don't sound alike eat all, and they have near opposite meanings (despite the claim that they "echo"). Is it a simple mistake, or is there a way that you can clarify this (or that "baby" rhymes with "blue")?

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Great question, Robert! Dickinson here (and in so many of her other poems) is using what is called "slant rhyme," in which the words in the rhyme position (at the end of each line) express similar but not perfectly rhyming sounds. You can see this most clearly in the last stanza, in which "breath" and "death" are perfect rhymes (the last vowel and consonants are identical in sound) and the other two words are slant rhymes--"listens" and "distance." "Light" and "heft" in the case of the first stanza are VERY slant, with only the final -t sound echoing between them, which creates some of the ominous, creepy, off-kilter mood of the poem. One of the great features of rhyme, as Prof. Biespiel suggests, is that it draws our attention to word pairings (or "echoes," as he calls them). Those pairings can be similar and reinforce one another or they can express opposite feelings, as in this case. When analyzing rhyme, then, critics will often consider the relationship between the rhyming words' meanings, which be used to help us to understand a given poem's themes. Even one as oblique and "slanted" as this one. Hope that helps!

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​@@SWLF so while writing an answer about what is the rhyming scheme of a particular poem by any poet we can count these unusual of half or last letter sound rhyming words as included in rhyme scheme as abab etc?

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@@dikshagupta8418 You can certainly make a case for it being a rhyme (and even better--justify what meanings might be gained in understanding it as an off-rhyme).

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So... "light" and "heft" is a perfect masculine rhyme of imperfect consonant rhyme?

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Hmm, we'd call that "slant rhyme," with Dickinson really pushing the limits of that term to the point where they almost completely break down here.

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Best books for rhyming ...list for me if you know

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does " tide " rhyme with " blind " ???

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@Oregon State University - School of Writing, Literature and Film yo! in layman's term, does that supposed to mean that both tide and blind DO NOT share the same rhyme? In other words, will it still be considered as a form of rhyme scheme at some point? ( for example ) That is a proof that love is blind ( A ) And I think I was gone with this tide ( A ) therefore the rhyming scheme is AA

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I have a poem and the last word of each line rhyme with y only like this Enemy Country Society Luxury Is this acceptable?..can anyone please answer😭

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Great question, Lewyss! This is a kind of (rare) rhyme in which the unstressed syllables rather than the stressed syllables match. This is sometimes called "weak rhyme" and sometimes called "unstressed rhyme," but it is indeed a kind of rhyme! Thanks for keeping the conversation going!

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@@SWLF okay sir thank you. I was worried that I might have put something wrong in my poem.

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