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  2. 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 designated with the same letter all rhyme with each other.

  3. Sestain - Wikipedia

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    A sestain is a six-line poem or repetitive unit of a poem of this format , comparable to quatrain (Ruba'i in Persian and Arabic) which is a four-line poem or a unit of a poem. There are many types of sestain with different rhyme schemes, for example AABBCC, ABABCC, AABCCB or AAABAB. [1]

  4. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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    End rhyme (aka tail rhyme): a rhyme occurring in the terminating word or syllable of one line in a poem with that of another line, as opposed to internal rhyme. End-stopping line Enjambment : incomplete syntax at the end of a line; the meaning runs over from one poetic line to the next, without terminal punctuation.

  5. Rhyme - Wikipedia

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    Broken rhyme is a type of enjambement 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. Cross rhyme matches a sound or sounds at the end of a line with the same sound or sounds in the middle of the following (or preceding) line. [8] A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyming lines ...

  6. Internal rhyme - Wikipedia

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    In poetry, internal rhyme, or middle rhyme, is rhyme that occurs within a single line of verse, or between internal phrases across multiple lines. [1] [2] By contrast, rhyme between line endings is known as end rhyme. Internal rhyme schemes can be denoted with spaces or commas between lines. For example, "ac,ac,ac" denotes a three-line poem ...

  7. Ballad stanza - Wikipedia

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    In poetry, a ballad stanza is a type of a four-line stanza, known as a quatrain, most often found in the folk ballad.The ballad stanza consists of a total of four lines, with the first and third lines written in the iambic tetrameter and the second and fourth lines written in the iambic trimeter with a rhyme scheme of ABCB.

  8. Poetic devices - Wikipedia

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    A poem which follows a set pattern of meter, rhyme scheme, stanza form, and refrain. Ballad–A narrative poem written in a series of quatrains in which lines of iambic tetrameter alternating with iambic trimeter. It typically adopts a xaxa, xbxb rhyme scheme with frequent use of repetition and refrain. Written in a straight-forward manner with ...

  9. Sestet - Wikipedia

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    In the usual course the rhymes are arranged ABCABC, but this is not necessary.One example is from Srasimum's Sestet which has a rhyme scheme of AACBBC. "Solid Determination to Ultimate Goals" — Srasimum's Sestet by Nicola A. Viriditch In every step, resolve unshaken, Through trials faced, the path unbroken, The journey’s end is drawing near,