Question

Which words from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe are examples of internal rhyme?

Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
"Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you"—here I opened wide the door:—
Darkness there and nothing more.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?"
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore:"
Merely this and nothing more.

Answer 1

The words from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe that are examples of internal rhyme are stronger, longer, napping, rapping, tapping, peering, fearing, unbroken, token and spoken. There are three types of internal rhymes:

1. When two or more rhyming words occur within the same line such as stronger-longer, napping-rapping, peering-fearing and unbroken-token.

2. When two or more rhyming words will appear in the middle of two separate lines such as napping-tapping and unbroken-spoken.

3. When a word at the end of a line rhymes with one or more in the middle of the following line such as rapping-tapping and token-spoken.