A feminine rhyme is a rhyme that matches two or more syllables, usually at the end of respective lines, in which the final syllable or syllables are unstressed.
Famous quotes containing the words feminine and/or rhyme:
“The Virtues have respectively a Masculine and a Feminine Cast. What we call in Men Wisdom, is in Woman Prudence.”
—Richard Steele (1672–1729)
“I could not get a rhyme for roman
And was obliged to call him woman.”
—Marjory Fleming (1803–1811)