How to Use rhyme scheme in a Sentence
rhyme scheme
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Pardi also changed the rhyme scheme at the end of verse two.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2022
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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
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There was no verse-chorus structure or end-line rhyme scheme.
—Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Besides being delicious, Pappadeaux is simply easy to throw in a rhyme scheme.
—Matt Young, Chron, 19 Apr. 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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In alphabetical order, and with a jaunty rhyme scheme, 26 children meet fates both gruesome and preposterous.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2017
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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
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Her slant rhyme schemes inspired generations of female writers to break boundaries, personally and creatively.
—Molly Lambert, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2019
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