INITIAL RHYME

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse

Example:

around the rock the ragged rascal ran

Synonyms:

alliteration; beginning rhyme; head rhyme; initial rhyme

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("initial rhyme" is a kind of...):

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

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