internal rhyme

noun

: rhyme between a word within a line and another either at the end of the same line or within another line

Examples of internal rhyme in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

For the most part, the show is composed of zany humor that bleeds into comic songs with witty internal rhymes (the songs of Tim Minchin are a helpful comparative). —Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 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

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for internal rhyme

• aforetime
• allozyme
• anytime
• christmastime
• cybercrime
• dinnertime
• guggenheim
• isozyme
• lysozyme
• maritime
• mesenchyme
• overtime

Kids Definition

internal rhyme

noun

: a rhyme between a word within a line and another either at the end of the same line or within another line