Masculine Rhyme: Gendered expression for rhymes ending in a stressed syllable, such as 'hells' and 'bells.' the expressions strong or one-syllable rhyme avoid the sexist bias.

 

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Masculine Rhyme: Gendered expression for rhymes ending in a stressed syllable, such as 'hells' and 'bells.' the expressions strong or one-syllable rhyme avoid the sexist bias.

Rising Rhyme: Another term for masculine rhyme in which the final foot ends in a stressed syllable. See meter.

Off Rhyme: In poetry, another term for inexact rhyme.

Pararhyme: Edmund blunden's term for double consonance, where different vowels appear within identical consonant pairs (a feature of wilfrid owens' verse).

Perfect Rhyme: Another term for exact rhyme or true rhyme. See exact rhyme.

Near Rhyme: Another term for inexact rhyme or slant rhyme.

Masculine Signs: The fire and air signs, Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius and Aquarius. They are suggestive of aggressiveness in contrast with the receptivity expressed in feminine signs. Also called p . . . View Full Definition

Internal Rhyme: Rhymes between a word within a line, often from a medial position (termed also leonine) and one at the end of the line. Gelett burgess' 'an alphabet of famous goops,' rhyming aabbcc in 3-lin . . . View Full Definition

Masculine Degrees: Degrees that foster masculine attributes in both males and females when occupied by the Ascendant or chart ruler. H.L. Cornell, M.D., specifies the following as masculine degrees; 8°, 15° an . . . View Full Definition

Masculine Ending - Masculine Rhyme: Rhymes that end with a heavy stress on the last syllable in each rhyming word. See under discussion of meter.