The mirror., 1916-11-16
YER Sc STUDIE S: No.
Constructive Lessons In Verse
Rhyme.
By Beau Esprita


Rhyme is the regular occurrence of the
same vowel sound in final accented sylla-
bles followed by Identical sound of all fol-
lowing letters, If any, III the words, aud
preceded by contrasting consonant sounds,
in two or more words placed al detulle in-
tervals in verse construction
To illus,rate:-
farm and harm" have the same sound of the
vowel a." the succeeding sounds identical. and
the proceeding consonans, f. and III" contrast
ed. Therefore they rhymes.
Similar examples are: -"band" and band" "be-
low" and "besow," day" and gray and delay
D-fnition:-W ords rhyming on a sin-
gle syllable called masculine rhymes.
"Daunted" and "vaunted' have similar vowel
sounds in the accented syllable, preceded by con.
tras,ne cousonan,s, and they also have similar VOW
Ell sounds in the following unaccen,ed syllable.
Report" and "deport" Is similar rhyme as
are also slender and ',ender," "fater" aud lat
ter"
Neutrality-suspicious. rhymine on two
syllahlrs are called double rhyme or femi,
nine rhyme.
"December' and remember" have similar
vowel sounds, not only in the accented syllables,
but in two following llabes, while the preceding
consonants contrasted. Similar examples ares
changeabe -arrangeable; rarlty-charity; history
mystery
Defni'on:--Wor that rhyme on
three syllables called rpl--rbyme.
Imperfect Rhymes
When the consonant sounds preceding the &C.
cented vowel are the same words be said
truly to rhyme. For instance, depart" and i'm
part" are not rhymes but repe,iops as are also
"lays"-"relaya;' ''partake" aud take" To use
such words rhymes Indicate limited vocabulary
lack of Imagination the part of the versii-r.
Words having the same sound but different
spellings and meanings not perfect RHYMES; as
sighed" and 'side;'' 'kl' and ''k.lu" through"
and threw.
Words having similar sounds in the final sylla-
bles hut different vowel sounds in the last accented
syllable Are no, rhymes. nami"g"-" "panulug;'
"wan,ed"-'c counted, "cohquesl'-'nquest."
Words in which the final accented syllables
rhyme. but which have different sounds in following
letters s>llables, not true rhymes; as, de
fenseess'-" dependant;'' name" and "chan:'
"know"- grows,
Because the n" sound is slurred over lightly in
some words it must not he considered that such
words rhyme with Others containg 'r,'' Saw
ed" and lord" do not rhyme, though so strict
sckler for conventions as Alexander Pope has used
them as rhymes In this connection 1t may be said
that many truly great poets have used atrocious
rhymes but. so far from this fact making it alright
to follow their example. it detracts just so much
from The worth of the offenders.
Many words in the English language have ma.
teriaIly changed in pronunciation during the past
three hundred years. IL the eighteenth cen.
tury all words spelled with ZIP were pronounced az
though spelled with long a"-jns as an Irlsh,uan
bow pronounces ,hrm!-,hat is, deceit rhymed
with mae;" either" with "ba,ber," etc, but such
rhymes are no longer permissible. Words spelled
with oy" were then pronounced As long IL" 'boy'
yhymed with sigh" etc. mention this here be.