Definition:
In literature the internal rhyme is a practice of forming a rhyme in only one lone line of verse. An internal rhyme is also known as the middle rhyme because it is typically constructed in the middle of a line to rhyme with the bit at the end of the same metrical line.
Example:
The line from the famed poem Ancient Mariner, “We were the first that ever burst”.
So its a rhyme in one line
tooting tom
tooting tom tooted today and on tuesday.
tooting tom is a tazmanian tooterific tuesday tooter
I believe Eminem used internal rhyme a lot. especially in his earlier work.
Here’s a sample from a song of his from ’96:
“It’s a broke day but everything is ok (It’s ok)
I’m up all night, but everything is alright (It’s alright)
It’s a rough week, and I don’t get enough sleep (I can’t sleep)
It’s a long year pretending I belong here (Belong here)
It’s a broke day but everything is ok (It’s ok)
I’m up all night, but everything is alright (It’s alright)
It’s a rough week, and I don’t get enough sleep (I can’t sleep)
It’s a long year pretending I belong here (Belong here)”
almost every line has internal rhyme. and if slant internal rhyme exists i think it’s there too. ex:week – sleep.
Yeah, I also thought so.