The Best Rhymes in Hamilton

This video is what happens when a poetry nerd spends a year with the Hamilton soundtrack playing in his car and spends way too much time on a PowerPoint presentation. Here’s a list of my favorite instances of complex rhyme schemes and sound devices in Hamilton (e.g. internal rhyme, multisyllabic rhymes, assonance, consonance)

Mark Cooprider
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This video is what happens when a poetry nerd spends a year with the Hamilton soundtrack playing in his car and spends way too much time on a PowerPoint presentation.

Here’s a list of my favorite instances of complex rhyme schemes and sound devices in Hamilton (e.g. internal rhyme, multisyllabic rhymes, assonance, consonance)

(from “Alexander Hamilton”)
(from “My Shot”)
(from “My Shot”)
(from “Farmer Refuted”
(from “Right Hand Man”)
(from “Satisfied”)
(from “Non-Stop”)
(from “Cabinet Battle #1”)
(from “Washington On Your Side”)
(from “We Know”)

5 responses to “The Best Rhymes in Hamilton”

  1. alexander Avatar
    alexander

    honestly, this was in my youtube recommendations and it fucking blewwww my mind. didn’t want to get lost in all the youtube comments, so i thought i’d reach out here. i love hamilton and your video really really staggered me and helped me see the musical that i loved for almost five years now in a whole new light. it’s ART in its purest form. english is not my first language, and it continuously amazes me to see how poets and artists can play with words so deliberately and wow. (i’m in awe, can you tell). you picked some great rhymes and my appreciation for hamilton (and poetry) went ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️. so yeah, you’re cool, mark. and you seem to be a really inspiring teacher too.
    so thank you again, and have a great day!

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    1. Mark Cooprider Avatar
      Mark Cooprider

      Wow – thanks a lot! That’s so encouraging!

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  2. lovelyotter123 Avatar
    lovelyotter123

    This is one of the best YouTube videos I ever watched. I remember watching it last year, and only stumbled upon your blog today.

    As an avid Hamilton fan, this blew my mind. I knew Lin was a genius, but *this much of a genius*? The lyrics in all of these songs are so masterfully crafted, and the way you color-coded them was really good and easy to understand. Awesome vid!!

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    1. Mark Cooprider Avatar
      Mark Cooprider

      Thanks so much! So glad you liked it and made your way here 🙂

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  3. Exploosiv Avatar
    Exploosiv

    I was looking for the video you’ve made on Hamilton because it was what lead me to watching the musical since it was great, but seeing as it was removed I was wondering if it can be reposted as I wanted to show it to friends to convince them to try watching it as well. Thank you.

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