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tail rhyme
poetry
Also known as: tailed rhyme
- Also called:
- tailed rhyme
- Related Topics:
- rhyme
tail rhyme, a verse form in which rhymed lines such as couplets or triplets are followed by a tail—a line of different (usually shorter) length that does not rhyme with the couplet or triplet. In a tail-rhyme stanza (also called a tail-rhymed stanza), the tails rhyme with each other.