There are multiple ways to arrange rhymes macroscopically. This can create a sense of rhythm in a poem and lead from one thought to the next in a very aural and visual sense. Without getting into form and the common structures that are used over and over again in classical poetry, the following types of structures are the "building blocks" of stanzas, more commonly known as rhyme-schemes.
| Type | Definition/Example |
|---|---|
| Couplet | A couplet comes in lines of two. (a) |
| Triplet | A triplet makes a three-line rhyme. (a) |
| Cross-Rhyme | Writing examples is so very maddening. (a) |
| Envelope Rhyme | The envelope rhymes first and last. (a) |