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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.
Rhyme–Rhyme uses repeating patterns to bring out rhythm or musicality in poems. It is a repetition of similar sounds occurring in lines in a poem which gives the poem a symmetric quality. Caesura–A metrical pause or break in a verse where one phrase ends and another phrase begins.
Anadrome: a word or phrase that reads as a different word or phrase in reverse; Apronym: an acronym that is also a phrase pertaining to the original meaning RAS syndrome: repetition of a word by using it both as a word alone and as a part of the acronym; Recursive acronym: an acronym that has the acronym itself as one of its components
AB,AB – Single two-line stanza, with the two lines having both a single internal rhyme and a conventional rhyme at the end. aBaB – Two different possible meanings for a four-line stanza: First and third lines rhyme at the end, second and fourth lines are repeated verbatim.
In a rhyming dictionary, words are categorized into equivalence classes that consist of words that rhyme with one another. They also typically support several different kinds of rhymes and possibly also alliteration as well. Because rhyming dictionaries are based on pronunciation, they are difficult to compile.
(v.) senses orig. US and now common are: to be a candidate in an election (UK also stand); to manage or provide for (a business, a family, etc.); the idioms run scared, run into. More s.v. home run; see wiktionary for additional meanings, a type of cage which is made so that animals (e.g. hamsters, rabbits, guinea pigs, etc.) can run around in it.
Holorime [1] (or holorhyme [2]) is a form of rhyme where two very similar sequences of sounds can form phrases composed of different words and with different meanings. For example, the two lines of Miles Kington's poem "A Lowlands Holiday Ends in Enjoyable Inactivity" are pronounced the same in some British English dialects: [nb 1]
concoction, decoction (In GA, these rhyme with auction; there is also the YouTube slang word obnoxion, meaning something that is obnoxious.) distinguish , extinguish pneumatic , rheumatic