Editing Internal rhyme (section)

===Popular music===
In the [[comic operas]] that he wrote with [[Arthur Sullivan]], [[W. S. Gilbert]] (1836–1911) used internal rhymes in some of his song lyrics. For example, Bunthorne's solo aria from ''[[Patience (opera)|Patience]]'' begins:

<blockquote><poem>
If you're anxious for to '''shine''' in the high aesthetic '''line'''
As a man of culture rare,
You must get up all the '''germs''' of the transcendental '''terms''',
And plant them everywhere.
You must lie upon the '''daisies''' and discourse in novel '''phrases'''
Of your complicated state of mind,
The meaning doesn't '''matter''' if it's only idle '''chatter'''
Of a transcendental kind.
</poem></blockquote>

Internal [[rhyme scheme|rhyme schemes]] were common in popular songs of the [[Swing Era]]. One illustration is the bridge from "[[Don't Fence Me In (song)|Don't Fence Me In]]", which was written by [[Cole Porter]] for the 1944 film ''[[Hollywood Canteen (film)|Hollywood Canteen]]'':
<blockquote><poem>
Just turn me '''loose''' let me '''straddle''' my old '''saddle''',
Underneath the western skies,
On my '''cayuse''' let me '''wander''' over '''yonder''',
'Til I see the mountains rise.
</poem></blockquote>

[[Bob Dylan]] often used internal rhymes in his lyrics such as in "[[Subterranean Homesick Blues]]":
<blockquote><poem>
Ah get '''born''', keep '''warm'''
Short '''pants''', '''romance''', learn to '''dance'''
Get '''dressed''', get '''blessed'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/subterranean-homesick-blues/ |title=Subterranean Homesick Blues |publisher=The Official Bob Dylan Site}}</ref>
</poem></blockquote>
And "[[Like a Rolling Stone]]":
<blockquote><poem>
Once upon a '''time''' you dressed so '''fine'''
You threw the bums a '''dime''' in your '''prime''', didn't you?
People'd '''call''', say, "Beware '''doll''', you're bound to '''fall'''"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/rolling-stone/ |title=Like a Rolling Stone |publisher=The Official Bob Dylan Site}}</ref>
</poem></blockquote>
Other [[pop music|pop]], [[rock music|rock]], and [[rhythm and blues]] lyricists from the 1960s and the 1970s employed the technique more sparingly than Dylan such as [[Smokey Robinson]] in "[[The Tears of a Clown]]" ("In order to shield my '''pride''', I've '''tried'''") and [[Carly Simon]] in "[[Anticipation (song)|Anticipation]]" ("When I was thinking about how '''right''' '''tonight''' '''might''' be").