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femi·nine ˈrhyme N LIT

feminine rhyme

weiblicher [o. klingender] Reim

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This term is interchangeable with single rhyme, and is often used contrastingly with the terms feminine rhyme and double rhyme. en.wikipedia.org

She notes that 12 of the 14 lines end with feminine rhymes. en.wikipedia.org

It was a principle of stanza-formation that masculine and feminine rhymes had to alternate in the stanza. en.wikipedia.org

It's called feminine rhyme and it's used for humorous purposes. www.dailymail.co.uk

Rhyming words ending with this silent e were said to make up a feminine rhyme, while words not ending with this silent e made up a masculine rhyme. en.wikipedia.org

Sonnet 42 uses feminine rhymes at the end of the lines: especially in the second quatrain as a poetic device, similar to sonnet 40. en.wikipedia.org

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