Free rhyme scheme finder
Rhyme Scheme Finder for songs and poems.
Paste your lyrics or a poem and see the rhyme scheme of every verse, with the rhyming words colored. Free, no sign-up, and it hears rhymes by sound, not spelling.
- A
I walked alone into the night
8 - A
Searching for a little light
7 - B
The city hummed a broken tune
8 - B
Beneath a cold and silver moon
8
- A
Hold me close, don't let me go
7 - A
Every fire burns down slow
6–8 - B
You're the reason, you're the rhyme
7 - B
Stay with me one more time
6
Each stanza is lettered on its own: leave a blank line between verses, or name them like [Chorus]. The small number on the right is the line's syllable count. See rhyme colors as you write in Lyric Genie.
How to read a rhyme scheme
Each line gets a letter for the sound it ends on. The first ending is A, the next new sound is B, and any line that rhymes with an earlier one takes that line's letter. "Night, light, tune, moon" reads AABB.
Lines that don't rhyme with anything else in the verse keep a letter of their own, shown without color, so "red, blue, sweet, you" reads ABCB.
Common rhyme schemes in songs
- AABB (couplets): pairs of rhyming lines. Punchy and easy to sing along to.
- ABAB (alternate rhyme): every other line rhymes. Keeps a verse moving.
- ABCB (ballad stanza): only lines 2 and 4 rhyme. The most common verse shape in pop and folk, because it leaves room to say something before the rhyme lands.
- AAAA (monorhyme): every line on the same sound. Strong in a hook or chorus.
- ABBA (enclosed rhyme): the outer lines rhyme around a rhyming pair.
Perfect and near rhymes
The finder hears rhymes by sound, using a pronouncing dictionary of over 120,000 words. "Night" and "light" are a perfect rhyme: everything from the stressed vowel on matches. "Night" and "time" are a near (slant) rhyme: the vowel matches but the consonant doesn't. Songs use near rhymes all the time, so they count, and they're marked "near". Find more for any word with the free rhyme generator.
Rhyme colors while you write
In Lyric Genie, the songwriting app, rhyme colors light up the rhymes in every verse as you write, internal rhymes included, with the syllable count beside every line. Free on the web and iPhone. Syllable counter · Rhymes A–Z
Questions
- Is the rhyme scheme finder free?
- Yes. It's free with no sign-up, and it runs in your browser, so your lyrics aren't sent anywhere.
- What does ABCB mean?
- Lines 2 and 4 rhyme with each other, and lines 1 and 3 don't rhyme with anything. It's called a ballad stanza, and it's the most common verse shape in songs.
- Does it count slant rhymes?
- Yes. Near (slant) rhymes, where the vowel matches but the consonant doesn't, count as rhymes and are marked “near”.
- Why does each verse start again at A?
- Rhyme schemes are usually read one stanza at a time. Leave a blank line between verses, or name them like [Chorus], and each gets its own scheme.
- Does it work for poems?
- Yes. It works for any English text in lines: song lyrics, poems, raps and limericks.
