# Is there a name for this sort of rhyme scheme? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-sort-of-rhyme-scheme/446131 "2008-04-20T17:18:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-sort-of-rhyme-scheme/446131/1 "2008-04-20T17:18:34Z")
Where the rhyme is part of a word with the rest of the word being part of the “next line”? An example, from the musical “Wicked” (which I saw yesterday in Chicago and loved), the song “Popular”: > [@Galinda](#): > > Don’t be offendeded by my frank analysis > Think of it as personality dialysis > Now that I’ve chosen to become a pal, a sis- > ter and advisor, there’s nobody wiser ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-sort-of-rhyme-scheme/446131/2 "2008-04-20T23:43:41Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Where the rhyme is part of a word with the rest of the word being part of the “next line”? An example, from the musical “Wicked” (which I saw yesterday in Chicago and loved), the song “Popular”: [/QUOTE] [A broken rhyme](http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=l&p=o&a=l&ID=5) . ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-sort-of-rhyme-scheme/446131/3 "2008-04-21T16:10:10Z")
Hey, Yo! Don’tcha know? Questions 'bout rhymes bro- ken are best answer’d witty and clever’d iambic pentam-ter’d & self-contain answer’d?