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.
Emphasize the Mood. Rhyme, whether it is used in a rhyme scheme or not, is often used intentionally by the poet to create a mood for the reader. In his poem The Raven, Edgar Allen Poe creates a sense of urgency, panic and delusion using internal rhyme.Examples of this are found within the first lines of the poem: While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, / As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door..oint to the Theme. A poet's choice to rhyme is never irrelevant, and often, a poet uses rhyme to reveal to the reader the theme, the aspect of life into which the poet is diving. One of the most profound examples comes from Robert Frost in Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening..