What type of rhyme is

My mediaeval knees lack health until they bend,

But in that woman, in that household where

Honour had lived so long, all lacking found.

Childless I thought, 'My children may find here

Deep-rooted things,' but never foresaw its end,

And now that end has come I have not wept;

No fox can foul the lair the badger swept - -

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Abram Coffey

6 January, 11:42

What type of rhyme is

My mediaeval knees lack health until they bend,

But in that woman, in that household where

Honour had lived so long, all lacking found.

Childless I thought, 'My children may find here

Deep-rooted things,' but never foresaw its end,

And now that end has come I have not wept;

No fox can foul the lair the badger swept - -

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Collin Strong · Answer 1

It is using the slant rhyming scheme.

Explanation:

These lines from the poem "The Municipal Gallery Revisited" by William Butler Yeats is using the slant rhyming scheme. Slant rhyming is when the words may sound similar but not identical. Most of these slant rhymes are formed by words that have similar consonants but different vowels or vice versa.

It's not a strict rhyme as the rhymes changes throughout the poem.

It is not 'internal rhyme' either as there are no words that rhyme with any line.

And lastly, it is not double rhyme as there are no two-syllabic words but instead only monosyllables.