Poetic Terms Dictionary
Sound Device

Monorhyme

Common in Arabic, Persian, and Welsh poetry. Rare in English where its monotony is usually comic or hymnic; sometimes used for incantatory effect.

Definition

A poem or passage in which all lines end with the same rhyme sound.

Example

Arabic qasida and ghazal traditions; in English, Tennyson's 'The Eagle' uses monorhyme within each tercet.

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