noun
rime
Matching sounds at the ends of words in verse.
The poet uses rime to give each stanza a musical ending.
Etymology
Rime is an older spelling of rhyme, from French rime. It names the correspondence of word-ending sounds in verse.
More examples
- The rime between 'day' and 'play' closes the couplet.
- Her poem has a steady rhythm but no rime.
- Simple rimes make the verses easy to remember.
Forms
rime · rimes
Similar words
- rhyme
- Rhyme is the usual modern spelling for this meaning.
- assonance
- Assonance repeats vowel sounds without requiring matching final consonants.