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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''rime'', from Anglo-French | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''rime'', from Anglo-French |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century] |
− | The [[word]] is derived from Old French ''rime'' or ''ryme'', which may be derived from Old Frankish rīm, a Germanic term meaning "[[series]], [[sequence]]" attested in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] (Old English rīm [[meaning]] "enumeration, series, numeral") and Old High German rīm, ultimately cognate to Old Irish rím, [[Greek]] ἀριθμός arithmos "[[number]]". Alternatively, the Old French words may derive from [[Latin]] ''rhythmus'', from Greek ῥυθμός (''rhythmos'', [[rhythm]]). | + | The [[word]] is derived from Old French ''rime'' or ''ryme'', which may be derived from Old Frankish rīm, a Germanic term meaning "[[series]], [[sequence]]" attested in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] (Old English rīm [[meaning]] "enumeration, series, numeral") and Old High German rīm, ultimately cognate to Old Irish rím, [[Greek]] ἀριθμός arithmos "[[number]]". Alternatively, the Old French words may derive from [[Latin]] ''rhythmus'', from Greek ῥυθμός (''rhythmos'', [[rhythm]]). |
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| The spelling rhyme (from original rime) was introduced at the beginning of the Modern [[English]] period, due to a learned (but perhaps etymologically incorrect) association with Latin ''rhythmus''. The older spelling rime survives in Modern English as a rare alternative spelling. A distinction between the spellings is also sometimes made in the [[study]] of [[linguistics]] and phonology, where rime/rhyme is used to refer to the [[nucleus]] and coda of a syllable. In this [[context]], some prefer to spell this rime to separate it from the [[poetic]] rhyme covered by this article (see syllable rime). | | The spelling rhyme (from original rime) was introduced at the beginning of the Modern [[English]] period, due to a learned (but perhaps etymologically incorrect) association with Latin ''rhythmus''. The older spelling rime survives in Modern English as a rare alternative spelling. A distinction between the spellings is also sometimes made in the [[study]] of [[linguistics]] and phonology, where rime/rhyme is used to refer to the [[nucleus]] and coda of a syllable. In this [[context]], some prefer to spell this rime to separate it from the [[poetic]] rhyme covered by this article (see syllable rime). |
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| *2: a short [[poem]] in which the sound of the word or syllable at the end of each line [[corresponds]] with that at the end of another. | | *2: a short [[poem]] in which the sound of the word or syllable at the end of each line [[corresponds]] with that at the end of another. |
| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
− | The word '''rhyme''' can be used in a specific and a general sense. In the specific sense, two words rhyme if their final stressed vowel and all following sounds are [[identical]]; two lines of [[poetry]] rhyme if their final strong positions are filled with rhyming words. A rhyme in the strict sense is also called a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_rhyme perfect rhyme]. Examples are sight and flight, deign and gain, madness and sadness. | + | The word '''rhyme''' can be used in a specific and a general sense. In the specific sense, two words rhyme if their final stressed vowel and all following sounds are [[identical]]; two lines of [[poetry]] rhyme if their final strong positions are filled with rhyming words. A rhyme in the strict sense is also called a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_rhyme perfect rhyme]. Examples are sight and flight, deign and gain, madness and sadness. |
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− | ''Rhyme'' partly seems to be enjoyed simply as a repeating [[pattern]] that is pleasant to hear. It also serves as a [[powerful]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemonic mnemonic] device, facilitating memorization. The regular use of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme#Classification_by_position tail rhyme] helps to mark off the ends of lines, thus [[clarifying]] the metrical structure for the listener. As with other poetic [[techniques]], poets use it to suit their own [[purposes]]; for example William Shakespeare often used a rhyming [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couplet couplet] to mark off the end of a scene in a play. | + | ''Rhyme'' partly seems to be enjoyed simply as a repeating [[pattern]] that is pleasant to hear. It also serves as a [[powerful]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemonic mnemonic] device, facilitating memorization. The regular use of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme#Classification_by_position tail rhyme] helps to mark off the ends of lines, thus [[clarifying]] the metrical structure for the listener. As with other poetic [[techniques]], poets use it to suit their own [[purposes]]; for example William Shakespeare often used a rhyming [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couplet couplet] to mark off the end of a scene in a play. |
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− | In many languages, including modern European languages and Arabic, poets use rhyme in set patterns as a structural element for specific poetic forms, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballad ballads], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnet sonnets] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couplet rhyming couplets]. Some rhyming schemes have become associated with a specific language, [[culture]] or period, while other rhyming schemes have achieved use across languages, cultures or time periods. However, the use of structural rhyme is not [[universal]] even within the European tradition. Much modern poetry avoids traditional [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme_scheme rhyme schemes].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme] | + | In many languages, including modern European languages and Arabic, poets use rhyme in set patterns as a structural element for specific poetic forms, such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballad ballads], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnet sonnets] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couplet rhyming couplets]. Some rhyming schemes have become associated with a specific language, [[culture]] or period, while other rhyming schemes have achieved use across languages, cultures or time periods. However, the use of structural rhyme is not [[universal]] even within the European tradition. Much modern poetry avoids traditional [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme_scheme rhyme schemes].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme] |
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