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  • The basic rhymes in English are masculine, which is to say that the last syllable of the line is stressed: "lane" rhymes with "pain", but it also rhymes with "urbane" since the last syllable of "urbane" is stressed. "Lane" does not rhyme with "methane".

    "Slave to the rhythm" by James Fenton, www.theguardian.com. October 26, 2002.