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Is there a name for the last line of one stanza and the first line of another stanza rhyming?

Asked by yellowpoppy (39points) November 23rd, 2009

There is a poem written in couplets as the rhyming pattern. The end of one stanza only has the first half of a couplet, the first line of the next stanza completes it. I was wondering is there a term for this?THANKS!

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NewZen's avatar

Are you thinkng of enjambment?

yellowpoppy's avatar

No. That’s where the thought in one line flows into the next. As in one though that would all come before a comma in a normal sentence, is broken into at least two lines. But here what is happening is the rhyme pattern is running over from one stanza to the next.

NewZen's avatar

Could you show me the poem, please?

Harp's avatar

Or maybe you could post the rhyme scheme in “abc” notation (e.g. Shakespearean sonnet = abab cdcd efef gg)

nebule's avatar

kind of like….

abac
cdce
efe etc….

?

I don’t know what it’s called :-/ ...sorry

NewZen's avatar

Methinks the kid fell asleep, woke up and copied the homework assignment from the girl who sat next to her on the schoolbus.

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