Rhyme means words that sound the same or similar in their endings. Poems and popular song lyrics often use rhyme. A simple poem can also be called a rhyme.
Many examples of rhyme are in folk songs, children's songs, and of course in nursery rhymes. Rhymes at the ends of the lines in a song or poem are normal:
- Roses are red, violets are blue,
- Sugar is sweet, and so are you.
- Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow,
- And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go.
The counting song
- One, two, buckle my shoe,
- Three, four, shut the door,
- Five, six, pick up sticks,
- Seven, eight, lay them straight...
uses "internal rhymes," rhymes that fall within a single line instead of at the end of lines. In another children's poem,
- With a knick-knack, paddy-whack, give the dog a bone,
- This old man came rolling home...