Chain rhyme is the linking together of stanzas by carrying a rhyme over from one stanza to the next. In poetry, a stanza is a unit within a larger poem. ... A rhyme is a repetition of identical or similar sounds in two or more different words and is most often used in poetry. ...

A number of verse forms use chain rhyme as an integral part of their structures. One example is terza rima, which is written in tercets with a rhyming pattern a-b-a, b-c-b, c-d-c. Another is the virelai ancien, which rhymes a-a-b-a-a-b, b-b-c-b-b-c, c-c-d-c-c-d. Terza rima is a rhyming verse stanza form that was first used by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri. ... A tercet is three lines of poetry forming a stanza or complete poem. ... The virelai ancien is a poetic form originating in France in the Middle Ages. ...

Other verse forms may also use chain rhyme. For instance, quatrains can be written to the following pattern: a-a-b-a, b-b-c-b, c-c-d-c. A quatrain is a poem or a stanza within a poem that consists of four lines. ...

There are a few well-known examples of chain rhyme in world literature. In the Persian language, chain rhyme is almost exclusively devoted to the poetic form of the Rubaiyat: a poem that makes use of quatrains with the rhyme scheme AABA. Though not necessarily chain rhyme, the Rubiyat form has been mimicked throughout the world. Robert Frost made use of Rubaiyat in chain rhyme form in his poem, Stopping by woods on a snowy evening. Persian is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... Rubaiyat is a common shorthand name for the collection of Persian verses known more formally as the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. ... Poetry (ancient Greek: poieo = create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... A quatrain is a poem or a stanza within a poem that consists of four lines. ... Portrait of Frost c. ...