American Literature / Unit 1 AML 0013 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Rhyme: End, Internal, Slant, Eye
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The idea
End rhyme falls at the line's close and internal rhyme inside a single line. Slant rhyme, which Dickinson made an instrument, matches the consonants and misses the vowel. Eye rhyme looks like rhyme and is not: the glossary pairs "good" and "mood", which the eye joins and the ear refuses.
In practice
End, internal, slant, eye.
Where people slip
Eye rhyme is spelling, not sound.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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