Rhyme consists in a likeness or uniformity of sound in the closing, syllable, or syllables, of successive or contiguous lines of verse. We find used, in English poetry, three several sorts of Rhymes, namely, Single, Double, and Treble. Of the first, or one-syllabled rhyme, the following is an example:—
"O, mortals, blind in fate, who never know
To bear high fortune, or endure the low!"
The closing word, however, is not necessarily a monosyllable. There may be two syllables, as here:—
"What though his mighty soul his grief contains,
He meditates revenge who least complains."
Or three:—
"Seeking amid those untaught foresters,
If I could find one form resembling hers."
Or four:—