Multisyllabic rhymes

In rapping and poetry, multisyllabic rhymes (also known as compound rhymes, polysyllable rhymes, and sometimes colloquially in hip hop as multis An example is as follows:

I've got a bad taste / It gives me mad haste. Multisyllabic rhyme is used extensively in hip hop, and is considered a hallmark of complex and advanced rapping, and artists are often praised for their multisyllabic rhymes by critics and fellow rappers. Other examples in the book include two syllable rhymes such as rhyming “indo” with “Timbo” and rhymes with irregular numbers of syllables such as “handle it” and “candle to it”. How to Rap shows that multisyllabic rhymes are used by the following artists: Big L, Black Thought, Canibus, Common, Mos Def, Pharoahe Monch, Tonedeff, Inspectah Deck, Snoop Dogg, Jay Z, Beastie Boys, Method Man, Nas, although there are many more not specified throughout the book. Multisyllabic rhymes are one of several rhyming devices which have increased in usage throughout the history of rapping, along with such devices as internal rhymes and offbeat rhymes.

Lord Byron (1788–1824) used multisyllabic rhymes in his satiric poem Don Juan. For example, he rhymes "intellectual" with "hen peck'd you all". Ogden Nash (1902–1971) used multisyllabic rhymes in a comic, satirical way, as is common in traditional comic poetry. For example, in his poem ‘The Axolotl’ he rhymes "axolotl" with "whaxolotl". Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–89) is one of few poets who used multisyllabic rhymes to convey non satirical subject matter. An example of this is ‘The Bugler's First Communion’, where he rhymes "boon he on" with "Communion".