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A feminine rhyme, in English prosody, is a rhyme that matches two or more syllables at the end of the respective lines. Usually the final syllable is unstressed. Shakespeare’s Sonnet number 20, uniquely among the sonnets, makes use exclusively of feminine rhymes: Image File history File links Mergefrom. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Meter (British English spelling: metre) describes the linguistic sound patterns of a verse. ... A rhyme is a repetition of identical or similar terminal sounds in two or more different words (i. ... Shakespeare redirects here. ... Title page from 1609 edition of Shake-Speares Sonnets Dedication page from The Sonnets SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS, or simply The Sonnets, is a collection of poems in sonnet form written by William Shakespeare that deal with such themes as love, beauty, politics, and mortality. ...

A woman’s face with nature’s own hand painted,

Hast thou, the master mistress of my passion;

A woman’s gentle heart, but not acquainted

With shifting change, as is false women’s fashion...

But since she prick’d thee out for women’s pleasure,

Mine be thy love and thy love’s use their treasure.

Feminine rhyme is relatively rare in English poetry and usually appears as a special effect. However, the Hudibrastic relies upon feminine rhyme for its comedy, and limericks will often employ outlandish feminine rhymes for their humor. Hudibrastic is a type of English verse named for Samuel Butlers Hudibras of 1672. ... A limerick is a five-line poem with a strict form, originally popularized in English by Edward Lear. ...

In French verse, a feminine rhyme is one in which the final syllable is a “silent” e, even if the word is masculine. In classical French poetry, two feminine rhymes cannot occur in succession.

In hip hop music, especially since the 1990s, the use of feminine rhyme in rapping (often referred to by the colloquial terms “multis” or “multirhymes” — a contraction of “multisyllabic rhymes”) is considered a sign of technical skill, and some rappers have been known to put together large strings of complex rhyme patterns. A well known example of this type of lyricism is that of Eminem, as demonstrated in his 1995 song Infinite: Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... For the English folk dance, see Rapper sword. ... In traditional grammar, a contraction is the formation of a new word from two or more individual words. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Rapping is one of the elements of hip hop and the distinguishing feature of hip hop music; it is a form of rhyming lyrics spoken rhythmically over musical instruments, with a musical backdrop of sampling, scratching and mixing by DJs. ... Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known as Eminem or Slim Shady, is a Grammy and Academy Award-winning American rapper, record producer and actor from the Detroit, Michigan area. ... Infinite is the debut album by hip-hop artist Eminem, recorded and produced with help from The Bass Brothers and fellow D12 members Kon Artis, and Eye-Kyu in 1996. ...

My pen and paper cause a chain reaction

To get your brain relaxin’, cause they be actin’ maniac in action

A brainiac in fact son, you mainly lack attraction

You looking zany wack with just a fraction of my tracks spun

See also

• Masculine rhyme