Internal rhyme--rhyming patterns within a single line of poetry--can
occur regularly or occasionally, and sometimes represents an enrichment
of sound pattern more than a structural element. In adapting the ballad
form for more elaborate purposes, Coleridge introduced copious internal
rhymes in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner":
With throats unslaked, with
black lips baked
We could not laugh or wail
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