Styles and Techniques: Monorhyme

Before I give you the definition of a monorhyme, try to figure it out for yourself. Mono means one. The words monorail, monologue, and monotone are all examples. And of course, you know what a rhyme is. So, from these clues, we can deduce that monorhyme means one rhyme...and that's exactly what it does mean. A monorhyme is simply a poem in which every line has the same rhyme.

Pilgrim's Prayer

Past the meadow, 'cross the sea

Lie lands of opportunity

A home to both the brave and free

Long I've prayed, and now I plea

As I approach on bended knee

That you will sail away with me

Pack your things and quitely flee

Lock the door and leave the key

Long I've talked with God, you see,

"If just us two, myself and she

could find a place to worship thee

My weary heart would burst with glee

I knowing that we finally

Had reached a land of liberty,"

Don't be fooled. These are much harder to write than they look.

~ Adam B.