男性韻
男性韻は、英語詩の、とくに厳粛な詩の中で、すべての押韻の過半数を含む。次のジョン・ダンの詩『Lecture Upon the Shadow』はその一例である。
Stand still, and I will read to thee
A lecture, love, in Love's philosophy.
These three hours that we have spent
Walking here, two shadows went
Along with us, which we ourselves produced.
But now the sun is just above our head,
We do those shadows tread,
And to brave clearness all things are reduced.