Rhyme Scheme Analyzer
Paste a poem or lyrics. Every line gets its letter, matching rhymes share a colour, slant rhymes are flagged, and known forms (sonnet, limerick, ballad, couplets) are named.
Rhyme scheme ABCD
AThe kettle clicks, the kitchen light is low,10
Byou pull your coat on by the door,8
CI never ask you why you have to go,10
DI only count the steps you took before.10
Lines that rhyme with nothing yet: find rhymes for “low”find rhymes for “door”find rhymes for “go”find rhymes for “before”
The number on the right of each line is its syllable count. Letters are assigned in order: the first new end sound is A, the next is B, and any line whose last word rhymes with an earlier one reuses its letter. “near” and “slant” tags show looser matches.
How to read the result
- Letters show the pattern. The first end sound is A, the next new one is B. Stanzas are separated by spaces: ABAB CDCD.
- Colours group lines that rhyme, so you can see the shape of a verse at a glance.
- near / slant tags mark looser matches. Switch slant detection off for a strict reading.
- Numbers on the right are syllables per line. Lines that should share a melody should be close.
- Unmatched lines get a shortcut to rhymes for their last word.
Rhyme schemes it recognises
Couplets (AABB), alternate rhyme (ABAB), enclosed rhyme (ABBA), ballad stanza (ABCB), monorhyme, limericks (AABBA), tail rhyme, ottava rima, Shakespearean, Spenserian and Petrarchan sonnets. For examples of each with famous poems, read the rhyme scheme guide.
Related tools
Compare two words directly with the rhyme checker, colour rhymes inside lines with the internal rhyme highlighter, or even out line lengths with the syllable counter.
Questions
How do you identify a rhyme scheme?
Look at the last word of each line. The first end sound gets the letter A. Every later line that rhymes with it is also A; the first line with a new sound is B, and so on. The analyzer does this by comparing pronunciations, so it catches rhymes that are spelled differently (eyes / prize).
What rhyme scheme is ABAB BCBC CDCD EE?
That is the Spenserian sonnet, used by Edmund Spenser in “Amoretti”. Each quatrain borrows a rhyme from the one before, and the poem closes on a couplet. Paste one into the analyzer and it is named automatically.
What is the AA BB CC rhyme scheme?
Rhyming couplets: every two lines rhyme with each other and then the sound changes. It is common in children’s verse, heroic couplets (Alexander Pope) and many song choruses.
Is this rhyme scheme finder free?
Yes, with no account. The analysis runs in your browser and your text stays on your device.
Does it detect slant rhymes and internal rhymes?
Slant rhymes, yes: toggle “Count slant rhymes” to include lines that share only a vowel sound. For rhymes inside lines, use the internal rhyme highlighter, which colours every rhyme anywhere in the text.
Why did it give a line its own letter?
That line’s last word doesn’t rhyme with any earlier line, or the word isn’t in the pronouncing dictionary (rare words and slang are estimated from spelling). The analyzer links straight to rhymes for any line that is left unmatched.