internal rhyme
noun
: rhyme between a word within a line and another either at the end of the same line or within another line
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Gilbert’s internal rhymes were never equaled until Stephen Sondheim came along with comparable talent and there are times when the puns and quips get a tad overwhelmed by the Monty Python walks, the jazzy stylings and whatnot.
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Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
For the most part, the show is composed of zany humor bleeding into comic songs with witty internal rhymes (the songs of Tim Minchin are a helpful comparative).
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
The Brooklyn rapper’s thoughts scan well on paper, then unspool in a delivery that lets the internal rhyme structure provide the emotional emphasis.
—Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024
Joshua Bennett, an assistant professor of English and creative writing at Dartmouth College, praised Gorman’s ear for internal rhyme and alliteration.
—Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Jan. 2021
Hardy even adds an internal rhyme, thrush/thus, to ornament the terminal ones.
—Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 19 Dec. 2019
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Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
For the most part, the show is composed of zany humor bleeding into comic songs with witty internal rhymes (the songs of Tim Minchin are a helpful comparative).
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
The Brooklyn rapper’s thoughts scan well on paper, then unspool in a delivery that lets the internal rhyme structure provide the emotional emphasis.
—Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024
Joshua Bennett, an assistant professor of English and creative writing at Dartmouth College, praised Gorman’s ear for internal rhyme and alliteration.
—Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Jan. 2021
Hardy even adds an internal rhyme, thrush/thus, to ornament the terminal ones.
—Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 19 Dec. 2019
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“Internal rhyme.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/internal%20rhyme. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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