Rhyme Schemes and Meter Flashcards
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A songwriter uses 'time' and 'mind' as a rhyme. What type of rhyme is this?
Answer: Slant rhyme
Similar but not exact sounds make a slant (near) rhyme.
Why do songwriters often favor open vowel sounds at the end of rhyming lines?
Answer: They are easier to sustain when sung
Open vowels hold a sung note longer and more clearly.
A rhyme spanning two syllables, such as 'crazy' and 'lazy', is called what?
Answer: Feminine rhyme
Feminine rhyme matches a stressed syllable plus an unstressed one.
A rhyme on a single final stressed syllable, like 'night' and 'light', is called what?
Answer: Masculine rhyme
Masculine rhyme falls on one final stressed syllable.
The repetition of consonant sounds, as in 'silken sad uncertain', is called what?
Answer: Alliteration
Repeated consonant sounds, especially initial, are alliteration.
The repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words, like 'fleet feet sweep', is called what?
Answer: Assonance
Assonance is repeated internal vowel sounds.
When a lyric line's grammatical sense runs over into the next line without a pause, this is called what?
Answer: Enjambment
Enjambment carries a phrase across a line break without pause.