Sound Device
Internal Rhyme
Common in ballads, hymns, and song. Poe exploited it systematically in 'The Raven' to create obsessive musical density.
Definition
Rhyme occurring within a single line of verse, between a word in the line's interior and the final word, or between two interior words.
Example
'The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew' (Coleridge) — 'blew' and 'flew' rhyme internally.