Multisyllabic rhymes

In rapping and poetry, multisyllabic rhymes (also known as compound rhymes, polysyllable rhymes, and sometimes colloquially in hip-hop as multies) are rhymes that contain two or more syllables An example is as follows:

Touch her not scornfully, / Think of her mournfully.

Multisyllabic rhyme is used extensively in hip-hop, is considered a hallmark of complex and advanced rapping, and artists are often praised for their multisyllabic rhymes by critics and fellow rappers. This is in contrast to its use in the majority of other forms of poetry, where multisyllabic rhyme is rarely used, apart from in comic verse where it is used for comic effect by poets such as Ogden Nash.

The book How to Rap breaks multisyllabic rhymes down extensively. In it, Kool G Rap gives an example of this kind of rhyme, rhyming "random luck" with "handsome fuck" and "vans and trucks". Other examples in the book include two syllable rhymes such as rhyming “indo” with “Timbo” and rhymes with irregular numbers of syllables such as “handle it” and “candle to it”.

How to Rap shows that multisyllabic rhymes are used by the following artists: Big L, Big T, Black Thought, Canibus, Common, Mos Def, Pharoahe Monch, Inspectah Deck,Big Daddy Kane,Kool G Rap,Rakim, Eminem,Big Pun,Arrested Development,Masta Ace,Lady of Rage,Snoop Dogg,Jay-Z,Beastie Boys, Esoteric of 7L & Esoteric,Game,Busta Rhymes,Method Man,Nas, and MF DOOM, although there are many more not specified throughout the book.

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