Rhyme, along with meter, helps make a poem musical. In traditional poetry, a regular rhyme aids the memory for recitation and gives predictable pleasure. A pattern of rhyme, called a scheme, also helps establish the form. For example, the English sonnet has an "abab cdcd efef gg" scheme, ending with a couplet.
What is rhyme in English?
Definition of Rhyme. Rhyme is a popular literary device in which the repetition of the same or similar sounds occurs in two or more words, usually at the end of lines in poems or songs. In a rhyme in English, the vowel sounds in the stressed syllables are matching, while the preceding consonant sound does not match.
What is the rhyme scheme AABB?
It is set out as six, four-line stanzas (a four-line stanza is also known as a 'quatrain') with a regular 'aabb' rhyme scheme. The 'bb' rhyme (lines 3-4 in each stanza) is always the same as the last word in each stanza is "she" .