Masculine rhyme

Masculine rhyme is a rhyme with the stress on the final syllable of the consonant words (for example, "delight — night"). Its clausula consists of only one, stressed syllable, and therefore masculine rhyme sounds springy, clear and energetic, lending the line a marked completeness. Masculine rhymes are often used to create a dynamic, chiselled rhythm, and in alternation with feminine rhymes to diversify the stanza. The type of rhyme is directly linked to the structure of the clausula: in a masculine rhyme there are no unstressed syllables after the final stress. Combined with various metres, masculine rhyme produces diverse rhythmic effects — from march-like chiselling to the aphoristic terseness of endings.