Editing Rhyme (section)

==Function of rhyming words==
Rhyme partly seems to be enjoyed simply as a repeating pattern that is pleasant to hear. Rhyme is a form of art that one can use to communicate to the reader or audience.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Zhirmunsky |first1=Viktor |last2=Hoffmann |first2=John |date=2013 |title=Introduction to Rhyme: Its "History and Theory" |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24770540 |journal=Chicago Review |volume=57 |issue=3/4 |pages=121–128 |jstor=24770540 |issn=0009-3696}}</ref> It also serves as a powerful [[mnemonic]] device, facilitating short-term memory.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tsur |first=Reuven |date=1996 |title=Rhyme and Cognitive Poetics |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1773252 |journal=Poetics Today |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=55–87 |doi=10.2307/1773252 |jstor=1773252 |issn=0333-5372}}</ref> The regular use of [[#Classification by position|tail rhyme]] helps to mark off the ends of lines, thus clarifying the metrical structure for the listener. As with other poetic techniques, poets use it to suit their own purposes; for example, [[William Shakespeare]] often used a rhyming [[couplet]] to mark off the end of a scene in a play.