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Feminine rhyme (thing)

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by Socialist Wolf

Sat Apr 14 2001 at 6:01:44

The form of rhyme where the rhyming end-line syllable is unstressed. i.e.

Happy field or mossy cavern Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern

Occurs in Thochaic and Dactylic meters. Is the opposite of masculine rhyme.

masculine rhyme	Female rhymes	females are better than males	female
The Complete Robot	Shortest poem	slant rhyme	Dactylic
punt	male/female ratio	The Softlink Game 2.0	The Everything Poem
Binsey Poplars	Entruckung	Trochaic	screwball
jaded	National Organization for Women	meter	empathy

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