Feminine Rhyme

:A woman's face with nature's own hand painted,

:  Hast thou, the master mistress of my passion;

:A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted

:  With shifting change, as is false women's fashion...

:

:But since she prick'd thee out for women's pleasure,

:  Mine be thy love and thy love's use their treasure.
Feminine rhyme is relatively rare in English poetry and usually appears as a special effect. However, the Hudibrastic relies upon feminine rhyme for its comedy, and Limericks will often employ outlandish feminine rhymes for their humor.

In French verse, a feminine rhyme is one in which the final syllable is a "silent" ''e'', even if the word is masculine. In classical French poetry, two feminine rhymes cannot occur in succession.

In Hip-hop music, especially since the 1990s , the use of feminine rhyme in Rapping (often referred to by the colloquial terms "multis" or "multirhymes" - a Contraction of "multisyllabic rhymes") is considered a sign of technical skill, and some Rappers have been known to put together large strings of complex rhyme patterns. A well known example of this type of lyricism is that of Eminem , as demonstrated in his 1995 song Infinite :

:My pen and paper cause a chain reaction

:To get your brain relaxin', cause '''they be actin' maniac in action'''

:A brainiac in fact son, you '''mainly lack attraction'''

:You looking zany wack with just a '''fraction of my tracks run'''

See also: Masculine Rhyme

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Feminine Rhyme