RHYMING PATTERNS work as memory tools and work best if they
are used with consistency. So, verse rhyming patterns should be used the same
way in all verses. Chorus and Bridge rhyming patterns and should be different than the verse rhyming pattern. The use
of subtle elements of surprise in rhyme patterns in the last lines of song sections are very powerful. This can introduce subtle elements of surprise without affecting the predictability of the song. Below are a description of the Rhyming Patterns:
4th Line Rhyme: Usually too predictable and gets old very fast--
More, Score,
Floor, Door
2nd & 4th
Line Rhyme: has flexibility and the element of predictability
without the boredom--
Trust, Guess, Hurt, Mess
1st/2nd Line & 3rd/4th Line Rhyme: Luck, Struck, Brave, Save
1st/3rd/4th Line Rhyme: Able, Still, Cable, Stable
1st/3rd Line & 2nd/4th Line Rhyme: Making, Good, Taking, Could
1st & 2nd Line Rhyme: Mine, Sign, Try, Free