![]() ![]() Ogden Nash (1902-1971) used multisyllabic rhymes in a comic, satirical way, as is common in traditional comic poetry. For example, he rhymes "intellectual" with "hen-peck'd you all". Lord Byron (1788-1824) used multisyllabic rhymes in his satiric poem Don Juan. For example, on MF Doom's song "Meat Grinder", from the album Madvillainy, he raps: "Borderline schizo / Sorta fine tits though." Usage in poetry ![]() Some MCs have used multisyllabic rhymes consisting of five or more rhyming syllables. Music scholar Adam Krims, writing in 2001, noted the following artists as exemplifying the increased complexity in rhyming, including use of multisyllabic rhyming: “members of the Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, AZ, Big Pun, Ras Kass, and Elzhi, just to name a few”. Multisyllabic rhymes are one of several rhyming devices which have increased in usage throughout the history of rapping, along with such devices as internal rhymes and offbeat rhymes. How to Rap shows that multisyllabic rhymes are used by the following artists: Big L, Black Thought, Canibus, Common, Mos Def, Pharoahe Monch, Tonedeff, 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. 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”. In it, Kool G Rap gives an example of this kind of rhyme, rhyming "random luck" with "handsome fuck" and "vans and trucks". The book How to Rap breaks multisyllabic rhymes down extensively. 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. ![]() 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. I've got a bad taste / It gives me mad haste. In rapping and poetry, multisyllabic rhymes (also known as compound rhymes, polysyllable rhymes, and sometimes colloquially in hip-hop as multis ) are rhymes that contain two or more syllables An example is as follows: ![]()
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