Multisyllabic rhymes
In
An example is as follows:I've got a bad taste / It gives me mad haste.
Multisyllabic rhyme is used extensively in
Usage in hip-hop
The book How to Rap breaks multisyllabic rhymes down extensively.[1] In it, Kool G Rap gives an example of this kind of rhyme, rhyming "random luck" with "handsome fuck" and "vans and trucks".[10] Other examples in the book include two syllable rhymes such as rhyming “indo” with “Timbo”[11] and rhymes with irregular numbers of syllables such as “handle it” and “candle to it”.[12]
Multisyllabic rhymes are one of several rhyming devices which have increased in usage throughout the history of rapping,[19] along with such devices as internal rhymes and offbeat rhymes.[19] Music scholar Adam Krims, writing in 2001, noted the following artists as exemplifying the increased complexity in rhyming, including use of multisyllabic rhyming: “members of the Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, AZ, Big Pun, Ras Kass, and Elzhi, just to name a few”.[19]
Some MCs have used multisyllabic rhymes consisting of five or more rhyming syllables. For example, on MF Doom's song "Meat Grinder", from the album Madvillainy, he raps: "Borderline schizo / Sorta fine tits though."[20]
Usage in poetry
Ogden Nash (1902–1971) used multisyllabic rhymes in a comic, satirical way, as is common in traditional comic poetry.[4] For example, in his poem ‘The Axolotl’ he rhymes "axolotl" with "whaxolotl".[4]
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–89) is one of few poets who used multisyllabic rhymes to convey non-satirical subject matter.[5] An example of this is ‘The Bugler's First Communion’,[5] where he rhymes "boon he on" with "Communion".
See also
- Feminine rhyme
- Rhyme Genie
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Edwards, Paul, 209, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 87.
- ^ a b Eminem, with Sacha Jenkins, 2008, The Way I Am, Dutton Adult, p. 17.
- ^ a b Eminem, 2004, 'Yellow Brick Road', Encore, Aftermath/Shady, Interscope.
- ^ a b c d e Anderson, Linda, 2006, Creative Writing: A Workbook with Readings, Taylor & Francis, p. 235.
- ^ a b c Hogg, Richard M., et al., 1998, The Cambridge History of the English Language, Cambridge University Press, p. 625.
- ^ Yoshida, Minoru, 1952, Word-Music in English Poetry , The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Vol. 11, No. 2, Special Issue on Oriental Art and Aesthetics, Blackwell Publishing on behalf of The American Society for Aesthetics, pp. 151-159.
- ^ Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 87-91.
- ^ Shapiro, Peter, 2005, The Rough Guide To Hip-Hop, 2nd Edition, Penguin, p. 213.
- ^ DiBella, Michael (2016). "The B.U.M.S". AllMusic.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 88.
- ^ a b c Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 100.
- ^ a b Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 99.
- ^ Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 89.
- ^ Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 90.
- ^ Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 91.
- ^ Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 103.
- ^ a b Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 108.
- ^ Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 109.
- ^ a b c Krims, Adam, 2001, Rap Music And The Poetics Of Identity, Cambridge University Press, p. 49.
- ^ Juon, Steve "Flash". "RapReview Of The Week". RapReviews.com. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
References
- Edwards, Paul (2009). ISBN 1-55652-816-7.
- The craft of lyric writing. Sheila Davis 1985 Writer's Digest Books ISBN 0-89879-149-9
- "Fishing by Obstinate Isles: Modern and Postmodern British Poetry and American Readers" Keith Tuma 1998 Northwestern University Press ISBN 0-8101-1623-5