Consonant rhyme is a type of repetition used in poetry.
A consonant rhyme is a type of repetition used in poetry . To understand the concept, it is necessary to analyze the terms that make it up.
Rhyme , whose most distant etymological origin is found in the Greek language, refers to the reiteration of different sounds . In this sense, rhyme constitutes a technique that is used in the poetic field.
The usual thing is that this repetition is carried out from the stressed vowel that is placed in the last place, at the end of the verse . If after this limit, the repetition covers all the phonemes , the rhyme is classified as a consonant .
Introduction
Since the concept of verse is very important in this context, let's look at a brief definition: it is each unit into which it is possible to divide a poem . In general, it exceeds the foot (the unit with which the Latin or Greek verse is measured) and is shorter than the stanza (a set of verses that ends in some punctuation mark, such as a full stop, an aside or a full stop. comma, and which are joined by criteria such as rhythm and rhyme). In the known texts in Romance languages, it is interesting to note that verse appears in literature before prose.
Prose, for its part, is a form that seeks to tell stories and concepts without being restricted to a certain size or cadence , as is the case with verse. Although both verse and prose tend to appear in different types of works (the former, in poetry , while the latter gives substance to theater and narrative, among others), there are also various cases in which verse is not lyrical (it can be narrative, epic, expository or dramatic) and prose is.
In lyrical prose, however, we will not find rhyme or meter , formal elements that are associated with verse. Yes, there will be, on the other hand, a lyrical attitude, theme, object and lyrical speaker . Unlike the story and the story , lyrical prose does not have the specific objective of narrating events, but instead aims to express sensations, impressions and feelings.
Consonant rhyme covers all phonemes.
Features of consonant rhyme
Another important concept to understand consonant rhyme is the phoneme , which can be defined as the minimum articulation of a sound composed of vowels and consonants. It can also be understood as the smallest sound units of a given language . In Spanish, it is correct to say that the sounds [d] and [m] are phonemes, since they are found in words like /día/ and /mía/, each with its own meaning and a different pronunciation only because of the presence of one or another phoneme.
Consonant rhyme , in other words, develops between at least two verses when the phonemes of the last terms coincide from the vowel that is stressed.
For example:
The young singer began to remove his skin /
and his fans soon attended the show /
Despite how bloody the ritual was, they were not lost /
blinded with love for him
As you can see, the first verse rhymes with the fourth verse, while the second verse rhymes with the third. The consonant rhyme of the first line and the fourth line is found in "the" ; The consonant rhyme of the second and third verses, on the other hand, appears in the phonemes "ieron" .
Comparison with assonant rhyme
In the case of assonant rhyme , however, the rhyme consists of the coincidence of the stressed vowels of the syllables after the last stressed vowel, excluding those vowels that are not stressed in the diphthongs .
Due to its characteristics, consonant rhyme is more complex since it provides fewer options and, therefore, limits the poet 's freedom . When children learn the basics of rhyming in their elementary years, they actually start with assonance .