unrimed
- adjective
- /ʌnˈraɪmd/
- Literature
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sin rima
- Much of Milton's poetry is written in unrimed verse.
Examples
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The playwright experimented with unrimed lines to achieve a more natural dialogue.
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Traditional haikus are unrimed, focusing on syllable count rather than rhyme.
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The poem was beautifully unrimed.
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Is the next stanza unrimed?
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Much of Milton's poetry is written in unrimed verse.
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The playwright experimented with unrimed lines to achieve a more natural dialogue.
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Traditional haikus are unrimed, focusing on syllable count rather than rhyme.
Synonyms
Not having lines that end with the same sounds
Poetry that does not use rhyme at the ends of lines
Poetry with no matching sounds at the ends of lines
Surface Forms
Morphology
unrimed = rimed (transparent) = un + rime + ed
The prefix 'un-' clearly negates the adjective 'rimed', indicating the absence of rhyme.
Etymology
Unrimed begins with un- meaning 'not' and ends with rimed, from rime or rhyme, which means 'same end sounds'. So unrimed simply means 'not rhymed', as in lines that do not end with rhyming words.
