RHYME (Sax. rim; Germ. reim), in poetry, is the consonance of sounds in the last syllable or syllables of verses. In the former case it is called male rhyme, in the latter female. Some derive it from the Greek ῥυθμός, which is a palpable error. Rhyme, as an accompaniment of verse, cannot be traced farther back than to the rymours of Normandy, the troubadours of Provence, and the minnesingers of Germany. (See POETRY.)