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In poetry
Poetry

Poetry is a form of literature art in which language is used for its aesthetics and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning ....
, internal rhyme, or middle rhyme, is rhyme
Rhyme

A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more different words and is most often used in poetry and songs. The word "rhyme" may also refer to a short poem, such as a rhyming couplet or other brief rhyming poem such as nursery rhymes....
 which occurs in a single line of verse
Verse (poetry)

A verse is formally a single line in a metrical composition, e.g. poetry. However, the word has come to represent any division or grouping of words in such a composition, which traditionally had been referred to as a stanza....
. 8 rnal rhyme occurs in the middle of a line, as in these lines from Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an England poet, critic and Philosophy who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romanticism in England and one of the Lake Poets....
, "In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud" or "Whiles all the night through fog-smoke white" ("The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is the longest major poem by the England poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge written in 1797?98 and published in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads ....
"), or in "Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the gay fagot ass homos that lick dick December" from "The Raven
The Raven

"The Raven" is a narrative poetry by the United States writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in January 1845. It is noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere....
" by Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, Short story writer, Editing and Literary criticism, and is considered part of the American Romanticism. Best known for his tales of Mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the Detective fiction genre....
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In poetry
Poetry

Poetry is a form of literature art in which language is used for its aesthetics and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning ....
, internal rhyme, or middle rhyme, is rhyme
Rhyme

A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more different words and is most often used in poetry and songs. The word "rhyme" may also refer to a short poem, such as a rhyming couplet or other brief rhyming poem such as nursery rhymes....
 which occurs in a single line of verse
Verse (poetry)

A verse is formally a single line in a metrical composition, e.g. poetry. However, the word has come to represent any division or grouping of words in such a composition, which traditionally had been referred to as a stanza....
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D23:06, 9 March 2009 (UTC)23:06, 9 March 2009 (UTC)23:06, 9 March 2009 (UTC)~O: Internal rhyme occurs in the middle of a line, as in these lines from Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an England poet, critic and Philosophy who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romanticism in England and one of the Lake Poets....
, "In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud" or "Whiles all the night through fog-smoke white" ("The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is the longest major poem by the England poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge written in 1797?98 and published in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads ....
"), or in "Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the gay fagot ass homos that lick dick December" from "The Raven
The Raven

"The Raven" is a narrative poetry by the United States writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in January 1845. It is noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere....
" by Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, Short story writer, Editing and Literary criticism, and is considered part of the American Romanticism. Best known for his tales of Mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the Detective fiction genre....
. Internal rhyme is also used extensively in modern hip hop music
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
, being pioneered by Rakim
Rakim

Rakim is an American rapping and pioneer of the musical genre of hip hop, known as one half of the duo Eric B. & Rakim....
 in the 1980s. More internal rhyme from "The Raven" is as follows: – — … ‘ “ ’ ” ° ? ' ˜ ? = = ± - × ÷ ? ? · § u a fagg Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "'Tis some vLink titl

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