Poetry typically uses similar sounds at line ends or inside lines {rhyme} {rhyming}. Line ends can have similar sounds {terminal rhyme} {end rhyme}. Line last syllables can have same last vowel sound and same last consonant sound {perfect rhyme} {exact rhyme}. Line last syllables can have same last consonant sound {half-rhyme} {off rhyme}. Line last syllables can have same spelling but different pronunciation {eye rhyme}.
Initial word sounds can be similar {alliteration}| {initial rhyme}.
Two words can have same vowel sound but different consonant sounds {assonance}.
Two words can have same consonant sounds but different vowel sounds {consonance, rhyme}.
The rhyming syllable can be unstressed {feminine rhyme} {double rhyme}, with stressed syllable preceding unstressed syllable.
Similar sounds can repeat inside line {internal rhyme}.
Rhyming syllable can have stress {masculine rhyme}.
Line ends can look the same but sound different {sight rhyme}.
Line ends can have same vowel sound but different consonants {slant rhyme}.
Rhyming syllable can have stress {stress, poetry} or no stress.
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