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  2. Rhyme - Wikipedia

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    Rhymes may be classified according to their position in the verse: Tail rhyme (also called end rhyme or rime couée) is a rhyme in the final syllable(s) of a verse (the most common kind). Internal rhyme occurs when a word or phrase in the interior of a line rhymes with a word or phrase at the end of a line, or within a different line.

  3. Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross - Wikipedia

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    A reference in 1725 to 'Now on Cock-horse does he ride' may allude to this or the more famous rhyme, and is the earliest indication we have that they existed. [2] The earliest surviving version of the modern rhyme in Gammer Gurton's Garland or The Nursery Parnassus, printed in London in 1784, differs significantly from modern versions in that the subject is not a fine lady but "an old woman". [2]

  4. Additive rhythm and divisive rhythm - Wikipedia

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    A divisive form of cross-rhythm is the basis for most Sub-Saharan African music traditions. Rhythmic patterns are generated by simultaneously dividing a span of musical time by a triple-beat scheme and a duple-beat scheme. In the development of cross rhythm, there are some selected rhythmic materials or beat schemes that are customarily used.

  5. Rhyme scheme - Wikipedia

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    A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song. It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme; lines ...

  6. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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    A rhyme is the repetition of syllables, typically found at the end of a verse line. Assonance (aka vowel rhyme): the repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants. [1] Broken rhyme: a type of enjambment producing a rhyme by dividing a word at the line break of a poem to make a rhyme with the end word of another line

  7. Cross-beat - Wikipedia

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    The complete cross-beat cycle is three claves in length. Within the context of the complete cross-rhythm, there is a macro 4:3—four 4:3 modules-against-three claves. Continuous duple-pulse cross-beats are often sounded by the quinto, the lead drum in the Cuban genres rumba and conga. (Rumba, pps. 69–86) [12] [b] [c]

  8. Tercet - Wikipedia

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    A tercet may also form the separate halves of the ending sestet in a Petrarchan sonnet, where the rhyme scheme is ABBAABBACDCCDC, as in Longfellow's "Cross of Snow". For example, while "Cross of Snow" is indeed a Petrarchan sonnet, it does not follow the form of ABBA, ABBA CDC, CDC. [8] [9] Instead, its form is ABBA CDDC EFG EFG.

  9. Rhythm - Wikipedia

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    From 1927 and forward the recognized definition of "Counter Rhythm [53]" is "A subordinate rhythm acting as a counterbalance to the main rhythm" (OED [53]). Counter Rhythm is not a common word or phrase in the English Language, appearing approximately 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.