Rhyme and Stanza

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Rhyme noun - Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds).

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Stanza and rhyme are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stanza" instead a noun "Rhyme".

Nearby Words: rhymer, rhymester

Stanza noun - A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem.

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Rhyme and stanza are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rhyme" instead a noun "Stanza".

This stanza may not be the most painful as the words do, for the most part, rhyme, but they're still painful.

Source: Painful Rhyme
Non-comic, non-profane example: In George Herbert's poem "Denial" every stanza (except the last) ends on a non-rhyme, to symbolize the speaker's spiritual crisis.

Source: Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion
Patrick Wolf has a song that quotes the aforementioned rhyme as the last stanza.

Source: Magpies as Portents

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