Template:Orphan Broken rhyme, also called Split rhyme, is a form of rhyme. It is produced by breaking a line in the middle of a word, so that the syllable(s) of the word left at the line end rhyme with the end word of another line.[1]
Examples[]
Gerard Manley Hopkins, for example, breaks the first line of his poem "The Windhover" in the middle of the word "kingdom", so that "king-" rhymes with the word "wing" ending the fourth line.
I caught this morning morning's minion, king-
dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dáwn-drawn Falcon, in his riding
Of the rólling level úndernéath him steady áir, & stríding
High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing[2]
Hopkins is rare in using the device in a serious poem. It is more commonly found in comic or light verse, as in the sixth stanza of Edward Lear's "How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear" -
When he walks in a waterproof white,
The children run after him so!
Calling out, He's come out in his night-
Gown, that crazy old Englishman, oh![1]
- or in Elizabeth Bishop's "Pink Dog":
Tonight you simply can’t afford to be a-
n eyesore. But no one will ever see a[3]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Broken rhyme (literature)," Encyclopaedia Britannica, Britannica.com, Web, July 23, 2011.
- ↑ Gerard Manley Hopkins, "The Windhover," Selected Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Representative Poetry Online, Web, July 23, 2011.
- ↑ "Fat Tuesday: Elizabeth Bishop's 'Pink Dog'", One Poet's Notes, Feb. 24, 2009, Blogspot, Web, July 23, 2011.
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