2. Designating the first letter or letters of a word. n. 1. a. The first letter of a proper name. b. initials The first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit: stationery monogrammed with her initials. 2. The first letter of a word. 3. A large, often highly decorated letter set at the beginning of a chapter, verse, or paragraph.
Rhyme was most often used in these songs because people could remember rhyming songs better than non-rhyming ones, so rhyming songs endured while non-rhyming ones were quickly forgotten.
There are many other rhyming schemes but these two are the most common. 1  Phrases that rhyme are far easier to remember than phrases that do not. 2  Words that rhyme often complement the melody of the singing part to a song. 3  Rhyme helps the listener to guess which word is coming next and understand the lyrical message. 4  Rhyming words tend to stir us ...