A Handbook of the English Language

by R. G. Latham

And all to one loved folly sacrifice.—Pope.

[§ 533]. Single rhymes.—An accented syllable standing by itself, and coming under the conditions given above, constitutes a single rhyme.

'Tis hard to say if greater want of skill

Appear in writing or in judging ill;

But of the two, less dangerous is the offence

To tire the patience than mislead the sense.

Some few in that, but thousands err in this;

Ten censure wrong, for one that writes amiss.—Pope.

[§ 534]. Double rhymes.—An accented syllable followed by an unaccented one, and coming under the conditions given above, constitutes a double rhyme.