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Keep your rhyme scheme the same

Keep your rhyme scheme the same

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Keep your rhyme scheme the same

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- Keep your rhyme scheme the same in similar sections. Rhyming is a device that songwriters have used for ages in lyric writing. It's designed not only to make a lyric sing more pleasantly, but also to make a lyric more memorable, and by more memorable, I mean literally easier to remember. The more easily our listeners remember our songs, the more likely those songs are to get stuck in their heads. It's not just rhyming that makes lyrics more memorable, but the repetition of rhyme structure. By keeping the rhyme scheme the same in similar sections, from verse one to verse two for example, you'll be creating a lyric that your listeners will remember better. Hopefully the artist considering cutting your song will find your lyric more memorable and easier to learn too. In our song example, "My Baby's Got a Smile on Her Face," the rhyme scheme in verse one is AABB. In verse one which starts at about 14 seconds, we're talking about eyes and satisfied, and then night and right. In verse…

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