Definitions provided by Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Rhythm: an ordered recurrent alternation of strong and weak elements in the flow of sound and silence in speech
Rhyme Scheme: the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or a poem
Alliteration: the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) —called also head rhyme initial rhyme
Anaphora: repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect
Consonance: correspondence or recurrence of sounds especially in words ; specifically : recurrence or repetition of consonants especially at the end of stressed syllables without the similar correspondence of vowels
Assonance: relatively close juxtaposition of similar sounds especially of vowels or repetition of vowels without repetition of consonants (as in stony and holy) used as an alternative to rhyme in verse
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