beginning rhyme


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beginning rhyme

n.
1. Rhyme at the beginning of consecutive lines of verse. Also called initial rhyme.
2. See head rhyme.
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Noun1.beginning rhyme - use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
alliteration, head rhyme, initial rhyme
rhyme, rime - correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
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