You’ve heard of rhyme schemes, the various ways you can arrange sounds to link lines and create sequences of motion. In this article, I want to look at rhythm’s ability to do the same thing: sometimes ...

Welcome to Part Two of our exploration and celebration of the use of rhyme in songs. The issue raised in Part One, whether songs require rhyme, and, if so, if they need to be perfect rhymes or not, is ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — After breaking his maiden in dazzling fashion at Ellis Park in June, Rhyme Schemes is likely to be a heavy favorite in today’s Grade 2, $200,000 Saratoga Special, a 6 ...

From the simple AABB rhyme pattern of Kurtis Blow’s “The Breaks” in 1980 to the complex rhyme schemes of rappers like Eminem and Kendrick Lamar, emcees have taken all kinds of approaches to rhyming ...