Question

What is an external rhyme?

Answer 1

Hint: A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in the final stressed syllables and any following syllables of two or more words. It is also known as end rhyme. A rhyme is a poetic device.

Complete answer:
The rhyme is a poetic device in which the sound between two or more words or ending of two or more words correspond with each other. For example Dog rhymes with fog. These types of words can be used in different manners while writing poetry.
The most common ways of using rhymes in poetry are: internal rhyme and external rhyme.

Internal rhyme occurs when there is rhyming of two words within a single line in poetry. For example;
One evening so dark and black, I tripped and fell upon a crack,
Upon the asphalt so cold, I curled into a tiny fold.

External rhyme or end rhyme occurs when there is rhyming in the final words of lines in a poem. For example;
Out of my window and through the fog,
I could clearly see a big, black dog.

There is also a different type of rhyme which is more of a pseudo-rhyme. It is called the Eye rhyme. It occurs when two words look like they would rhyme (because of their spellings) but their pronunciation does not reveal the true rhyme. For example;
The sickness came creeping very tough,
And appeared in the form of a sneaky cough.

Here the words, tough and cough look like they would rhyme but in reality they have slightly different pronunciations and hence, do not create an actual rhyme.

Note:
i) Another type of rhyme is called the Slant rhyme or Partial Rhyme.
ii) In this type of rhyme, two words do not actually rhyme, but they have the same vowel sound or the same consonant sound.
iii) In case of a similar vowel sound the rhyme is called Assonance, and in case of a consonant sound the rhyme is called Consonance.