Internal rhyme

Internal rhyme is the consonance of words within a single line or between the middle of a line and its ending, in contrast to ordinary end rhyme. Internal rhyme enriches the sound organisation of verse, strengthens its melodiousness and links distant words with additional phonetic threads. It often arises at a coincidence with the caesura, when the endings of the hemistichs become consonant. This device is widely represented in folk song, in rhythmic prose and in poetry oriented toward sound play. Internal rhyme may be regular (fixed in every line) or sporadic; in both cases it works as a means of instrumenting the verse, reinforcing its euphony and semantic accents.