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Definition of Beginning rhyme

1. Noun. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse. "Around the rock the ragged rascal ran"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beginning Rhyme

Literary usage of Beginning rhyme

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Interpretation of Literature by William Henry Crawshaw (1896)
"In beginning-rhyme, or alliteration, the initial sounds of syllables correspond, as in light and ... Beginning-rhyme is usually confined to a single line, ..."

2. The Art of Versification by Joseph Berg Esenwein, Mary Eleanor Roberts Roberts (1920)
"Although some authors treat beginning-rhyme as if it were the same as ... The following specimen of beginning-rhyme is from Hood's "The Bridge of Sighs. ..."

3. Rhetoric in Practice by Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Samuel Swayze Seward (1906)
"Alliteration is beginning-rhyme, or similarity of sound (usually consonant) at the beginning of syllables. Examples: Home is the sailor, home from the sea., ..."

4. The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics by Alphonso Gerald Newcomer (1908)
"This is merely beginning- rhyme, or similarity of sound at the beginning of words or syllables: now - never; blight - blossom; love - relent; ..."

5. English Literature by Alphonso Gerald Newcomer (1905)
"... or stressed syllables, with the accents reinforced by beginning-rhyme, or alliteration. Each line is divided by a pause into two half-lines. ..."

6. A Study of Poetry by Bliss Perry (1920)
"Alliteration, the letter-rhyme or "beginning- rhyme" of Old English poetry: "Him be ..."

7. Steps in English, Composition Rhetoric: Composition-rhetoric by Thomas Charles Blaisdell (1906)
"Alliteration, or beginning rhyme, is the repetition of the initial consonant or vowel sound in several important ..."

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