rhyme scheme

noun

: the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or a poem

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And yet…the rhyme schemes, the reduplication, the semantic shifts, the conversions, the deliberate grammatical oddities, and rich double entendres–Carpenter is, for some people, the greatest poet to have ever put pen to paper. —

Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2024 But Mack – freckled face, baby afro, rocking an unlimited supply of hockey jerseys – was an old-school verbal bruiser, coming up with wild-and-crazy rhyme schemes to all those MCs who dare step to him. —

Craig Lindsey, VIBE.com, 20 Sep. 2024 The average student was not much more responsive to rhyme schemes or stress patterns than InstructGPT. —

Laurent Dubreuil, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024 But if pranks were more like this (consensual, mostly pleasant, nice melody, good rhyme scheme), the world would be a better place. —

Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rhyme scheme