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chain verse
Literature; Poetry
Similar to chain rhyme, but links words, phrases, or lines (instead of rhyme) by repeating them in succeeding stanzas, as in the pantoum, but there are many variations.
chain rhyme
Literature; Poetry
Also called interlocking rhyme, a rhyme scheme in which a rhyme in a line of one stanza is used as a link to a rhyme in the next stanza, as in the aba bcb cdc, etc. of terza rima ...
cataphora
Literature; Poetry
The use of a grammatical substitute (like a pronoun) which has the same reference as the next word or phrase.
cento
Literature; Poetry
Poetry made up of lines borrowed from a combination of established authors, usually resulting in a change in meaning and a humorous effect.
catalexis
Literature; Poetry
Metrically incomplete; the dropping of one or two unaccented syllables from the end of a line, thus ending with an incomplete foot.
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