In poetry, feminine rhyme, also known as double rhyme, is a rhyme with two syllables (as in motion and ocean or willow and billow). Triple rhymes, or rhymes of three syllables, are also frequently referred to as "feminine rhymes" (such as "exciting and inviting"). However, since most three-syllable words have one heavy syllable and one light syllable, this type of rhyme does not necessarily suggest a feminine meaning. Feminine rhymes are commonly found in poems written by women. They appear more often than not in poems written by American poets. Some examples include: action/reaction, all/none, away/day, bear/beer, bread/meat, dead/dear, dull/duller, empty/puny, faint/fainter, full/quicker, good/better, hand/band, head/bed, home/homes, ill/small, last/latter, mean/mender, none/many, old/young, open/closed, past/future, quiet/quicker, say/way, sick/skinny, soothed/soured, tired/tremendous, weirder/wiser There are several theories about why feminine rhymes are common in women's poetry. One theory is that men prefer masculine-sounding rhymes because they sound powerful.