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| pattern of rhymes within a given poem |
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| group of two ore more lines in poetry combined according to subject matter, rhyme, or some other plan. |
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| the use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning. |
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| The repitition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose |
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| the repetition of two or more consonant sounds in a group of words or a line of poetry. |
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| the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry. |
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| a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables |
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| a pause somewhere in the middle of a verse, often marked by punctuation |
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| the repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry or prose. |
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| Elision is the omission of one or more sounds (such as a vowel, a consonant, or a whole syllable) in a word or phrase, producing a result that is easier for the speaker to pronounce. |
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| use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them. |
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