"internal rhyme" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: internal rhymes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} internal rhyme (countable and uncountable, plural internal rhymes)
  1. The rhyming of words (in modern English poetry) or of stressed syllables (in old Germanic poetry) within the same line of a verse. Wikipedia link: Edgar Allen Poe, The Raven, Þórsdrápa Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-internal_rhyme-en-noun-G141n1oT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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