How to Use rhyme scheme in a Sentence

rhyme scheme

noun

• Pardi also changed the rhyme scheme at the end of verse two.
  — Tom Roland, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2022
• James closed the song with his verse, each new line reversing the rhyme scheme of the last, words folding in and out like a lyrical Möbius strip . . .
  — Dan Charnas, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2022
• There was no verse-chorus structure or end-line rhyme scheme.
  — Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2022
• The ghazal is an M.C.’s form: repeating words, a rhyme scheme, the self-referential last line that signals the end of the bars.
  — New York Times, 1 July 2021
• The catchy rhyme scheme will entice young readers, while the story of her persistence at city hall will hook them.
  — Emily Barone, Time, 12 Oct. 2022
• Hewing perfectly to a meter and rhyme scheme is one of the things that make limericks and other light verse funny.
  — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022
• Bey dexterously adopts the Migos' signature triplet flow, putting her own spin on the rhyme scheme that has ruled the airwaves in recent years.
  — Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 17 June 2018
• The meter goes jaunty-iambic, smutty-iambic, with an ABAB rhyme scheme, as if to emphasize the mechanical, tum-pum nature of the thing.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2022
• Besides being delicious, Pappadeaux is simply easy to throw in a rhyme scheme.
  — Matt Young, Chron, 19 Apr. 2021
• So many of the 140 lyricists who entered, some of them with a dozen or more songs each, offered songs that cleverly echoed the originals, and matched or even improved on the originals’ rhyme scheme.
  — Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2021
• The minute-long teaser showcases Azealia Banks -- who plays the role of Coco, a 25-year-old aspiring rapper -- flexing her new poetic rhyme scheme in the studio with her group.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2017
• Maya circles her legacy-minded suitors, dropping references to Sylvia Plath and discussing the merits of rhyme schemes and suicide.
  — Teo Bugbee, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2017
• And replacing Shakespearean scansion with looser Seuss-ish rhyme schemes would add to the comedy and make the long bouts of exposition at the beginning and end of the play less tedious.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 19 Aug. 2019
• His initial approach to a beat is melodic and rhythmic, finding a cadence that suits his voice, an energy level at which the vocals will be delivered, and maybe a rhyme scheme.
  — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 25 June 2018
• Adept at weaving together throwback hip-hop melodies with his unorthodox rhyme scheme, Boogie has snatched the ears of many notable artists, especially Drake.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 5 Sep. 2017
• But the purpose of these improvisations is to add a secondary rhyme scheme, provide lyrical context or just make their unique sound unmistakable.
  — Felice León, The Root, 27 Oct. 2017
• In alphabetical order, and with a jaunty rhyme scheme, 26 children meet fates both gruesome and preposterous.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2017
• Instead, Deep-speare independently learned three sets of rules that pertain to sonnet writing: rhythm, rhyme scheme, and the fundamentals of natural language (which words go together).
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2020
• Her slant rhyme schemes inspired generations of female writers to break boundaries, personally and creatively.
  — Molly Lambert, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024