Adjacent rhyme refers to a rhyme scheme where rhyming sounds occur in immediately consecutive or neighboring lines, creating a sense of sonic compression and intensity. Unlike traditional alternating rhyme schemes, adjacent rhyme places rhyming elements in direct proximity, often in couplets or within a single line. This technique can create emphasis, closure, or rhythmic propulsion. The immediate recurrence of sound can also produce effects ranging from harmony and completeness to urgency or insistence, depending on context and the poet's intention.

Adjacent rhyme|Rhyme that occurs in immediately successive lines (aa, bb); can create a song-like or emphatic effect and is often used in ballads, songs, or simple quatrains.