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A group of words forming a phrase or sentence and consisting of one or more lines repeated at intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza.

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Refrain

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Close similarity or identity of sound between accented syllables occupying corresponding positions in two or more lines of verse.

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Rhyme

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A seven-line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc.

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Rhyme royal

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The recurrence of stressed and unstressed syllables. The presence of such patters lends both pleasure and heightened emotional response to the audience.

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Rhythm

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