Metre vs. Rhyme

Metrenoun

The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.

Metrenoun

The rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition.

Metreverb

alternative spelling of meter

Metreverb

To put into metrical form.

Metrenoun

See Meter.

Metrenoun

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

Metrenoun

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Metrenoun

rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time

Metre

The metre (Commonwealth spelling) or meter (American spelling; see spelling differences) (from the French unit mètre, from the Greek noun μέτρον, , and cognate with Sanskrit mita, meaning ) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). The SI unit symbol is m.

Rhymenoun

Rhyming verse (poetic form)

Rhymenoun

A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse.

Rhymenoun

(countable) A word that rhymes with another.

Rhymenoun

A word that rhymes with another, in that it is pronounced identically with the other word from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.

Rhymenoun

(uncountable) Rhyming: sameness of sound of part of some words.

Rhymenoun

(linguistics) rime

Rhymenoun

(obsolete) Number.

Rhymeverb

(ambitransitive) To compose or treat in verse; versify.

Rhymeverb

Of a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.

Rhymeverb

(reciprocal) Of two or more words, to be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each.

Rhymeverb

To number; count; reckon.

Rhymenoun

An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language.

Rhymenoun

Correspondence of sound in the terminating words or syllables of two or more verses, one succeeding another immediately or at no great distance. The words or syllables so used must not begin with the same consonant, or if one begins with a vowel the other must begin with a consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be the same, as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be any.

Rhymenoun

Verses, usually two, having this correspondence with each other; a couplet; a poem containing rhymes.

Rhymenoun

A word answering in sound to another word.

Rhymeverb

To make rhymes, or verses.

Rhymeverb

To accord in rhyme or sound.

Rhymeverb

To put into rhyme.

Rhymeverb

To influence by rhyme.

Rhymenoun

correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)

Rhymenoun

a piece of poetry

Rhymeverb

compose rhymes

Rhymeverb

be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable;

Rhymenoun

correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry

Rhymenoun

a short poem in which the sound of the word or syllable at the end of each line corresponds with that at the end of another

Rhymenoun

rhyming poetry or verse

Rhymenoun

a word that has the same sound as another

Rhymeverb

(of a word, syllable, or line) have or end with a sound that corresponds to another

Rhymeverb

(of a poem or song) be composed in rhyme

Rhymeverb

put a word together with (another word that has a corresponding sound), as when writing poetry

Rhymeverb

compose verse or poetry

Rhyme

A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds (usually, exactly the same sound) in the final stressed syllables and any following syllables of two or more words. Most often, this kind of perfect rhyming is consciously used for artistic effect in the final position of lines within poems or songs.