Feminine Rhyme

A feminine rhyme is a rhyme that matches two or more syllables, usually at the end of respective lines. Often the final syllable is unstressed. It is a two syllable rhyme consisting of stressed syllable followed by unstressed. It is a rhyme that occurs in a final unstressed syllable: pleasure/leisure, longing/yearning. Feminine rhyme is relatively rare in English poetry and usually appears as a special effect. It a rhyme in which the stress is on the penultimate (second from last) syllable of the words. (picky, tricky, sticky)

There are many examples of different types of poetry. An example of Feminine Rhyme Literary Term can be found in the poetic work of William Shakespeare. An example of Feminine Rhyme Literary Term is Sonnet 20 - A woman's face with nature's own hand by William Shakespeare