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Last modified on Mon Jan 06 2025.

Rhyme

When a text is composed in verse, the rhyme pattern.

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unknown

It is known that the text is in verse and rhyming, but the type of rhyme is unknown.

assonance

Rhyme is allowed between words that have a repeated vowel sound, such as “a” in “Vio puertas abiertas e uços sin cañados / alcandaras vazias sin pielles e sin mantos” in Castilian. (J. Gornall, “Assonance in the Hispanic "Romance," 1995)

monorhyme

All lines have the same end-rhyme.

alliteration
full rhyme