Rhymes can be categorized based off of sound and spelling. Understanding the different categories can widen the word selection and recognition of both writers and readers both in the large structure and the small details of a poem.
| Type | Definition> | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Masculine Rhyme | Rhyming, stressed ending syllables | box/fox, less/guess, forebode/ode |
| Feminine Rhyme | Rhyming, unstressed ending syllables | rotten/forgotten, calculate/emasculate |
| Triple Rhyme | Three rhyming syllables | calculation/undulation, remember/december |
| Slant Rhyme | Assonance/Consonance. Recurring vowel or consonant sounds, respectively. | Assonance: kiln/film, porous/orange Consonance: crack/crevice, little/ladder. |
| Eye Rhyme | Words that look similar, but sound different. | amend/fiend, pear/appear |
| Rich Rhyme | Phonetically identical words. | shoot/chute, he leaves/eat leaves |