Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: initial rhyme  i'ni-shul rIm
  1. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
    "initial rhyme such as ‘around the rock the ragged rascal ran’";
    - alliteration, beginning rhyme, head rhyme

Derived forms: initial rhymes

Type of: rhyme, rime [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Initial rhyme