syllabic rhyme

noun

verse that has a fixed number of syllables per line (though not always the same number of stressed syllables)

Meanings

nounsyllabic rhyme (countable and uncountable, plural syllabic rhymes)

plural syllabic rhymes

  1. countableuncountableverse that has a fixed number of syllables per line (though not always the same number of stressed syllables)
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