Instructions

An exact rhyme uses a pair of words, the last syllables of which are strictly consonant: enemy-darkness, hatch-trick, etc. this rhyme is the most common and often serves as a criterion for assessing the poet’s skill.

Approximate rhyme is based on the similarity of syllables, but allows greater freedom in the choice of words: syllables-currents, -broken. The simultaneous use of voiced and voiceless consonants, as well as consonants of the same row (k-x-g), is allowed. Sometimes novice poets abuse this type of rhyme, which makes the work careless.

Rhymes looked different in different eras. Thus, in Pushkin’s time, exact rhymes prevailed.

There are several classifications of rhyme types.

Classification by matching and mismatching morphemes

The transition to approximate rhyme occurred in the middle of the 19th century.

3. Imprecise rhyme allows for 2 variants of its existence. In the first case, the stressed phonemes coincide, nothing else coincides. Example: dancing - hanging around.

In the second case, the stressed vowels are different, and all other sounds are the same. Example: bookish - false.

Classification by place of stress

1. The masculine rhyme is on the last syllable from the end. Examples: said - fell; in the hills - in the dark.

2. Feminine rhyme has stress on the penultimate syllable. Example: squirrel - arrow.

3. With dactylic rhyme, the stress falls on the third syllable from the end. Example: nailed - bewitched.

4. Hyperdactylic - the rarest type of rhyme with stress on a syllable that is located 3 syllables further from the end. Example: sloppy - coughing.

Classification by coincidence of pre-stress phonemes

In the 20th century there is a tendency for rhyme to shift to the left, i.e. deep into a word or line.

1. If the pre-stress phonemes coincide, then the rhyme is called strict. Example: strict - prison.

2. If there is no match in the previous phonemes, then the rhyme is poor. Example: love is a carrot.

In the rap community, the only talk is about double rhymes. They talk about how damn cool it is to listen to how not only stressed vowels match, but also unstressed vowels. And the end of the line has two words at once for which the rhyme will be selected...

Yes, yes, double rhymes in the rap community have some kind of magical effect - they are mentioned in battles, they make fun of them, but they are also tirelessly idolized. In fact, there are many more ways to rhyme - it's time to talk about them too.

We group them by degree of difficulty - from the simplest to the most infernal.

1) Verb rhyme

This is the simplest existing type of rhyme, and all thanks to the variety of verbs in the Russian language. The verb form was constantly used by many famous poets, but in the rap community it is considered “out of place.”

His girlfriend spent a week trying to persuade his panties take off,
but he answered her with a song. So what about him now? take?

(Basota in the battle against Meowizzy)

2) Square rhyme

A square rhyme is a rhyme in which the rhyming words have the same ending. For example, mom is a frame, pendel is a pretzel. It in turn is divided into three types.

a) Standard square

Vanya Noize is a great guy! Joke! He's stupid condom.
My verse enters you like a knife cardboard.

(Harry Topor vs Noize MC)

b) Modified square

We are talking about changing the case or number, and therefore the ending of one of the rhyming words.

Your rap has no balls, you have no balls in the game weight,
Your rap is without balls, you are not a poet, you are poetess.

(ST vs Harry Topor)

By the way, the forms adjective-adjective and adjective-adverb are also considered squares.

Painting by Alexander Timartsev “Again square rhyme”

3) Accent/on consonances

The next stage of development for text writers is accent rhyme or rhyme with consonances. Both double and triple rhymes should be accentuated.

a) Accurate

An exact rhyme with consonances is a rhyme in which the words have different endings, but there are consonant syllables. The more consonant syllables, the more voluminous and complex it becomes.

An exact rhyme on consonances has a rhyming ending, but is not square. For example, in the first line we use the word “temple”. We need a word with one syllable and the vowel “a”, and there should not be the letters “m” or “n” at the end. For example, the word "darkness". Temple-darkness is an accent rhyme on one syllable.

Slava loves Stalin's ideas very much Karelin
And Joseph inside you feels like you're an asshole Valeria.

(Ernesto Shut up against Purulent)

b) Inaccurate

An imprecise consonant rhyme is a rhyme where the last syllables do not rhyme. For example, we need to find a rhyme for the word “phlegm”. The transcription will be “nar-ko-ta”. We need a word with syllables consonant with “wet”. For example, the word “balcony”. The two syllables rhyme well, but the endings “ta” = “ny” are inaccurate. But in general, the result was an accent rhyme on two syllables, drug-balcony.

Now catch examples of accent rhymes with different numbers of syllables:

• one syllable

So here it is. You love to show off, this battle will add color to your dull canvas.
After all, my three rounds are a triptych and I let sins go around in a circle, I’m a big Russian Bosch.

(Rickey F vs Sin)

• two syllables

By the way, after that noisy fishing trip Oxy once came to Moscow incognita.
Guess who he met first that early morning? Alexandra Parkhomenko.

(Dunya vs. Oxxxymiron)

• three syllables

And it’s not you, but who are you? opportunist, opportunist.
In Rusrap you only exist as a presenter.

(Oxxxymiron vs. ST)

c) For sizzling/tsa-tsa

This is another example of simple rhymes. In them, rhyming syllables have a consonant “sh”, “shch”, “ts” or “zh”. They make rhyming easier, and the prestige of the rhyme disappears.

He loves to hit, but for ten years he hit thumbs up.
You can hang well, but mostly noodles on your ears.

(ST vs D.Masta)

Finally, let's move on to the complex rhyming that all battle rappers should strive for.

4) Internal rhyme

So, internal rhyme. This is a type of rhyme when not one word rhymes in a line, but several - in the middle of the line and at the end. These can be either ordinary two words or two double rhymes.

a) Regular internal

The standard option is when a word rhymes in the middle and at the end of a phrase.

I'm a rapper, you joker, in this battle you padawan.
Give me a rap instead pun, and verses, not booth.

(Oxxxymiron vs. ST)

b) Double internal

At least three words already rhyme here. Moreover, at the end there can be either a double rhyme or a simple accent rhyme. It's the same in the middle.

He's really up to battle V boxing gloves in gym filmed a photoset
I fuck shit myself. You took a mouth guard with me? I thought that battle - essay.

(Oxxxymiron vs Johnyboy)

c) Multiple internal

Here the number of options is almost unlimited. All lines can consist of consecutive double or triple rhymes.

Only you are not ST1M, punk, tick tock, my style is you will treat you like this,
What will you need mechanisms in the body, How steampunk, bitch.

(Oxxxymiron vs Johnyboy)

5) Initial rhyme

The essence of the initial rhyme is that words rhyme at the end of one of the lines, then at the beginning and at the end of the second line. Also, two lines can rhyme only at the end, and the third will rhyme with them, but at the beginning.

No time for sleep- they send me verses on Skype - metaspam,
Pray to rap? I will come to this temple - Herostratus,
To me don't give a shit, you should leave with it's time for the fairway.

6) Double rhyme/double rhymes

These are exactly the same double rhymes that are talked about at every second battle. They're not that hard to come up with, and they sound good. Hence their popularity.

Complexity double rhyme depends on the sum of rhyming syllables. In double rhymes, the last two words in the line rhyme.

I was not on a horse, I remember that. Sometimes with an opponent you're walking close,
But today I'm here and today I'm in shape, today my dick you will suck me off.

(Oxxxymiron vs Johnyboy)

7) Triple rhyme/triple rhymes

This type of rhyming can be attributed to the elite. This is a more complex and less common variant of double rhyme, where the last three words in a line rhyme.

We had to get out of virtually zero,
Measuring length distance by the number of pussies».

8) Full-line rhyme/panto rhyme

The most complex and prestigious rhyme. Its essence is that all the words in each line rhyme. Few people can write in pure panto rhyme. Most often it is used interspersed, since the entire text written in panto rhyme turns into ppr.

The years are like an Odyssey on the outskirts,
The city of London against everyone, part two, man.

9) Tight rhyme

This is a special case of multiple internal rhyme. All words in lines must contain the same or more common syllables.

My forecast- You about you play bro, And simple O sing you're talking home».

The ability to find rhymes helps you write truly amazing poetry. But what if the pinnacle of your rhyme-finding prowess is rhyming "cat" and "hat" (yes, in this article we'll use English words)? What if you're struggling to find a rhyme with the word "orange"? How and what should you do to create a poem from a list of rhyming words? Here are a few steps to get you started on your journey to becoming a master rhymer.

Steps

Correct rhymes

Consider all your options before choosing one. It helps, if you like, a banal enumeration of letters. For example, if you need to find a rhyme for the word "fog," it will look something like this: "aog, bog, cog, dog, eog, ... zog." All you have to do is write down the existing words (“bog,” “cog,” “dog”) and choose from them the one that seems most suitable to you. If this method does not work, there is a reason to change the entire line.

• As you go through the letters, don't forget that sometimes one letter (like R and L) added to a short word, can change it completely. For example, as a rhyme for the word “cat” you can take the word “bat”, and “brat”, and “fat”, and “flat”, and “frat”... This is a little trick.

1. Hide rhymes in longer words. Use the full potential of syllables to create more complex words that rhyme. Yes, sometimes the first letters are not enough. For example, "frog" and "clog" are perfectly normal words that rhyme with "bog." But polysyllabic words like "bullfrog" or "epilogue" rhyme just as well with it.

   Choose only suitable words. If nothing works, try replacing the keyword with a synonym or even changing the rhyme scheme of a line or two. For example, you can replace the word "mist" with the word "fog", but remember that rhyme should not be used for rhyme's sake, but to make the song or verse better.

   Use imprecise rhymes. Actually, there are exact and imprecise rhymes. The first ones are those in which the sounds and combinations thereof coincide. The words "moon" and "spoon" are exact rhymes because they contain both a long "o" sound and an "n" sound. Imprecise rhymes, also known as dissonant rhymes, are those in which a vowel or consonant sound creates a kind of rhyme, significantly simplifying your work.

   • Thus, the word “moon” can be inaccurately rhymed with the words “on”, “schooner” or “groom”, or even “gong”. Dissonant rhymes make poetry more complex and interesting than exact rhymes.

2. Look in a rhyming dictionary. Buying a reliable rhyming dictionary is, in general, the right decision. Believe me, this is not cheating, it's just working with a dictionary! Besides, you are also your own lexicon increase, which will allow you to write poetry faster and better in the future.

   Use rhyme to develop the verse. You see, the use of rhyme allows writers and musicians to highlight certain words or images in their works, to complicate their works from an artistic point of view, to add color and, so to speak, texture. It is also true that using rhyme for the sake of using rhyme is not the path of wisdom.

   Rhymes in verses

   1. Write freely. So, in front of you is a white sheet of paper that you would like to fill with poetry. What to do? That's right, at first you should avoid rhymes altogether. If you try to squeeze rhymes out of yourself right away, you will get stuck at the “Dip and pour” level. It’s better to write freely, writing down everything that comes to mind. Start writing, presenting images and leading a thread of thought - you will give the necessary form to all this later.

      Find the guide line. So you've been writing for a while. Now what? Now turn the sheet over or open a new text document, and then write down in the first line there your very, very favorite line of everything that you just wrote down in a stream of consciousness. What attracted you to her? Why is it good? Use it as a guide when working on a poem, try to develop the thought or image contained in it.

      • It often happens that the last line taken out by the stream of consciousness becomes good start for a verse. There's a reason to re-read the last lines, isn't there?

   2. Consider which format suits your work best. If you want to write a poem, then you need to know exactly how they are written, and then choose exactly the method that you like best.

      • Heroic couplets are poems that rhyme every two lines. Many poets worked in this style, from Milton to Frederick Seidel. This format is epic and heavy.
      • Quatrains can rhyme in the simplest way (ABAB) or otherwise. Ballads and songs, as a rule, are written in quatrains, so this is a good format for telling stories, including to music.
      • Villanelle is a poem consisting of 19 lines: five tercets and one final quatrain. The middle lines of all tercets rhyme with each other. The first and third lines of the first tercist are repeated in turn in the last lines of the subsequent tercets (refrain), as well as in the third and fourth lines of the final quatrain. This pattern gives readers a sense of inevitability.
      • Sonnets consist of 14 lines, forming two quatrains and 2 tercet tercets, where there are about 10 syllables per line. Authors famous for their sonnets include Petrarch (ABBA) and Shakespeare (ABAB). Sonnets are often based on rhetorical themes or "controversies", where the "plot twist", so to speak, occurs on the 8th line.

   3. Use rhymes to make the poem more complex and interesting. Rhyme should serve the verse, and not vice versa. Rhyme for the sake of rhyme is not the path of wisdom, nor is trying to start a poem in the hope that “the rhyme will come by itself.” It won’t come, well, unless it’s something like “Drink and pour” - but you yourself understand that such a rhyme will not do anyone any honor.

      Look for inspiration in modern lyrics. It’s difficult to write in a modern way when you haven’t read anyone but Shakespeare, and that’s for a long time. There is not the slightest sense in not allowing modern trends into your work. Look for contemporary poets who inspired new life in the concept of rhymes:

   Rhymes in songs

   First, come up with a good melody. Strictly speaking, it will be much easier to come up with music first, and then words, and not vice versa - at least, this is evidenced by the experience of many composers, for whom it is easier to first come up with music, and only then come up with a theme, rhymes and find words that would they approached her.

   • Many songwriters find it helpful to hum nonsense syllables or even whistle when coming up with a melody. This creates a kind of base that can then be filled in with words.
   • Work the way that works best for you. Bob Dylan, considered by many to be the greatest songwriter, wrote the words first and the music second.

   1. Learn to “flip” it, showing it from a new side. By the way, a very popular and useful technique in country music, without which rarely any good song can do. The point is simple: use the phrase in the text, and then again, but with a slightly different meaning.

      • Kacey Musgraves' song "Blowing Smoke" contains the phrase "blowing smoke" which is used in several different contexts. Thus, she refers to a waitress who smokes during her break, and also as a hint that one day she will quit. Accordingly, the phrase indicates both habit and work. So it’s easy and simple to change the meaning of words that remain the same.

   2. Use as few words as possible. Don't overload the lines with words, otherwise you won't be able to sing the song... and no one will be able to. Use words wisely and meticulously. Believe me, a simple and quick rhyme can make a song much better than a complex and intricate one.

      • In the song "The Butcher", Leonard Cohen describes drug use with a fast and impressive rhyme:
        • I found a silver needle. I put it into my arm. / It did some good, did some harm.

   3. Automatic forms are your friends. Writer William Burroughs invented a method of working with text that involved “cutting off rhyming words and phrases and throwing them into a bag.” Try to create in the same vein, choosing random phrases and making fancy collages from them. Music allows this quite well.

Anyone can learn to rhyme rap; there are no restrictions on age or gender.

The main lessons of rap at first are, of course, the basics of understanding what rhyme is, what they are like and how to write them.

To learn how to rhyme rap, it is important to understand the following: it is unwise to “forget” about rhymes, they need to be thought through, constructed, and written.

The “coolness” of a rap text is often judged precisely by the number of interesting rhymes, and not by the depth of philosophical thought (if there is any there at all). And this is another moment from the “rap lessons” series

Rhyme (ancient Greek “measurement, rhythm”) - the dictionary defines rhyme as consonance at the end of two or more words.

Using rhymes requires special skill. It should not be reduced to a simple selection of words that have consonant endings, but at a minimum, the entire previous line should prepare the reader for the appearance of one or another rhyme. At the same time, the consonance must be stable and it must be achieved in an original way. That is, the rhyme when pronouncing a couple of words should be clearly audible; this is achieved either by its “explicitness” or by correct intonation.

A rhyme, the appearance of which is easy to predict, does not produce the desired impression, as a result of which the overall impression suffers, both about a specific text and about the performer and his level in general. Learn to rhyme rap without being hackneyed and banal - that’s our goal!

Finding interesting rhymes is a difficult task, but the time spent on it pays off.

Let's start looking at RHYME schemes. Yes, this is the very beginning - but this is one of the most important lessons of rap! In classical poetry there are only three of them. We consider rhymes within the framework of quatrains.

Parallel, its scheme looks like AABB - the rhyming word is placed at the end of the line and rhymes with the word at the end of the next line. In the third and

In the fourth line the rhyme changes. For the quatrain we have two pairs of rhymes.

Cross, its scheme looks like ABAB - a pair of rhymed words, designated by the conditional “A”, placed at the end of the first and third lines, designated “B” at the end of the second and fourth lines, respectively. This method is also called “rhyming through a line”!

Ringing her conditional diagram looks like ABBA, as you can easily guess, the first pair of rhymes is placed at the end of the first and fourth lines, the second pair at the end of the second and third lines.

It is worth saying that this is the most unfortunate way; the first couple of rhymes will almost certainly not be heard and perceived.

All three methods are basic. And they are a good place to start. The best of them is the parallel rhyming method.

You can learn to rhyme rap this way, from simple to complex - try basic techniques, and then complicate them!