homeoteleuton

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noun

A repetition of the same or similar endings in a sequence of words.

πŸ’¬ Usage Examples

β€œFittingly, the poem rhymes abab, although the β€˜b’ rhyme in the first stanza is more homeoteleuton than true rhyme.” Al Benthall; Worlds of Eye and Ear in the Poems of William Harmon; The Mississippi Quarterly; Jan 2004.
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