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A-Z: General definitions: Masculine Rhyme
Definition
Rhyme which occurs on a final stressed syllable
The device, frequently used at the ends of lines in poetry, where words with the same sound are paired, sometimes for contrast ' for example, 'breath' and 'death'.
The smallest sound fragment of a word, consisting of one vowel sound, with attached consonants if any.
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