How to Make Up a Rhyming Song
- 1). Decide on a topic or image that you wish to use to write your song. Choose this depending on the sort of song you wish to write. An irreverent, silly song can be about anything you choose, but more serious songs should have evocative and emotional imagery. Pick a meaningful idea or image to start your song. Alternatively, decide on a title for your song by using an interesting phrase.
- 2). Write a first line for your song. Think of questions that present themselves if you have chosen a title from an interesting phrase. For example, if you are writing a song called "Come one, come all," questions such as "Come to see what?" may present themselves. Use this to construct your first line, using either the answer to the question or the question itself as a starting point. Introduce your image or main idea if you are planning on using that. Finish the line on a simple word to rhyme such as "fine" if you wish to make your job easier later on.
- 3). Select a rhyming scheme. Most songs either use an ABAB or an ABCB rhyming scheme. This means that the matching letters will rhyme. Using an ABAB rhyming scheme, the first and third lines will rhyme, as will the second and fourth. Using an ABCB rhyming scheme, the second and fourth lines will be the only ones that rhyme. This rhyming scheme continues throughout the song, only possibly changing for the chorus or the bridge.
- 4). Write a third line for your song if you are using an ABAB rhyming scheme. If you are using an ABCB rhyming scheme, construct your second line next, because it isn't dependent on rhyming words. The equivalent line for the ABCB rhyme scheme is the fourth. The second line can be written as a continuation of the theme of the first. List the possible rhymes for the end of your first rhyming line. If you finished on "fine," you could write down words such as "wine," "line," "mine" and "brine." Choose a suitable word from your list and construct a line of similar length finishing on your rhyming word. Ensure it is still related to your overriding theme or image.
- 5). Bridge the gap between the two lines using your second line. Do this for your third line if you are using an ABCB rhyming scheme. For example, if your first rhyming line introduced a theme of loss, develop that theme in the middle line, and ensure that it leads onto the next rhyming line. Keep the theme present in all of your lines of lyrics.
- 6). Continue writing lyrics in this way until you come to your chorus. Change the rhyming scheme for the chorus if you wish. Write the songs using the same general theory. Write a list of words or ideas that present themselves when you think about your theme or image if you are stuck for material for subsequent verses or the chorus.
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