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monorime, -rhyme, n. and a.|ˈmɒnɒraɪm|
[a. F. monorime (1690 in Hatz.-Darm.), f. Gr. µόνο-ς mono- + rime rime, rhyme.]
A. n.
a. A poetical composition or passage in which all the lines have the same rime.
b. pl. Lines forming a ‘tirade’ with one rime.
1731Bailey (vol. II.), Monorhyme, a poetical composition, all the verses whereof end with the same rhyme. 1868T. Wright Pref. to Langtoft's Chron. (Rolls) II. p. xi, In this manuscript each new set of monorimes is headed by a title in Latin. 1886H. M. Posnett Compar. Lit. 46 note, The rudeness of this versification, says M. Géruzez..is marked by monorimes, of indeterminate length.
B. adj. Having a single rime. So also ˈmonorimed ppl. a. [see -ed2].
1833Longfellow Drift-Wood Prose Wks. 1886 I. 299 The old romances were sung; and..hence there was a good reason for dividing them into monorhyme stanzas. 1898Saintsbury Short Hist. Eng. Lit. (1905) 737 These rolling quatrains, rhymed as a rule a a b a,..but sometimes monorhymed throughout. 1902H. Lynch G. Paris' Med. Fr. Lit. 90 A little poem..in monorhymed quatrains. |