Definition

1. Noun:
   • Terminal rhyme: The final rhyme sound in a line of poetry, specifically referring to the rhyming element at the end of a verse.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trong thơ lục bát, cước vận của câu sáu vần với chữ thứ sáu của câu tám. (In the lục bát poetic form, the terminal rhyme of the six-word line rhymes with the sixth word of the eight-word line.)
  • Nhà thơ rất chú trọng đến việc lựa chọn cước vận. (The poet pays great attention to choosing the terminal rhyme.)

Advanced Usage

• In the analysis of classical Vietnamese poetry (such as ), the cước vận is a critical component of the poem's formal structure and musicality. It is often analyzed in contrast to the yêu vận (the internal rhyme within a line).

Variants and Related Words

• Vần (n): rhyme.

  • Bài thơ có vần điệu rất hay. (The poem has a very nice rhyme and rhythm.)

• Yêu vận (n): internal rhyme; a rhyme occurring within a single line of poetry, not at its end.

  • Yêu vận thường tạo nên sự du dương cho câu thơ. (Internal rhyme often creates melodiousness for a poetic line.)

Synonyms

• End rhyme: rhyme that occurs at the end of lines of poetry.
• Terminal sound: the final rhyming sound in a verse.

Related Terms

• Gieo vận: to set or establish a rhyme scheme.

  • Việc gieo vận đòi hỏi sự tinh tế. (Setting a rhyme scheme requires sophistication.)

• Vần điệu (n): rhyme and rhythm; the overall musical pattern created by rhymes and meter.

  • Vần điệu của bài thơ thật êm tai. (The poem's rhyme and rhythm are very pleasing to the ear.)