Rhyme is the final consonance of words. Along with rhythm, it is one of the features that distinguish poetry from prose. Any poet, therefore, needs to be able to choose rhymes.
Instructions
Step 1
Rhyme should be perceived by ear, not by eye. Therefore, you need to choose it by sound. For example, in "Eugene Onegin" by Pushkin, the words "boring" and "stuffy" are rhymed.
Step 2
The basis of the rhyme is the coincidence of the stressed vowel. The words "stick" and "herring", although they have the same endings, differ in stressed vowels, and therefore do not rhyme.
Step 3
Too complete coincidence of rhyming words should also be avoided. In the poetic environment, this phenomenon is known under the playful name "the rhyme of low-shoes".
Step 4
As an artistic technique, it is quite allowed to rhyme homonyms if the difference in their meaning is played out in verse, as well as words that are written and pronounced in the same way in certain grammatical forms. For example, the same Pushkin has lines:
But what does the spouse do
Alone, in the absence of a spouse?
Step 5
The easiest way to rhyme is to take advantage of the similarity of the case or verb endings. However, verbal rhymes, due to their monotony, are notorious among poets. The poem, the author of which abuses them, looks flat and monotonous.
Step 6
For some words, for one reason or another, it is difficult to find a complete rhyme. For example, for the word "love" there are only three complete rhymes: "blood", "again" and "carrot". The first two of them were used so often in the lyrics that now they look like worn-out cliches. The third is clearly parodic in nature and is often played up in humorous poetry.
To avoid complications, you should not put such words at the end of a poetic line.
Step 7
To find a rhyming word, select the sound basis in the first word and look for where it still occurs. For example, Vladimir Mayakovsky, looking for a rhyme for the word "sobriety", singled out the basis of "frolic" in it and, repeating it in every way and in different combinations, in the end found a suitable option "crashing into the stars."
Step 8
Remember that there are exceptions to any rule, including the ones above. A real poet, having thoroughly studied and mastered the rules of rhyme, understands which of them can be broken in this case in order to make the poem more expressive.
