query on poetic figure

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Jul 16, 2010, at 10:23 AM, i wrote:

>> ... what led me astray was in not thinking of the phenomenon [broken/split] as a type of *rhyme*.  i still don't,...

don't, primarily because it's used in unrhymed poetry as well as rhymed.  achieving a rhyme is just one of its functions.

arnold

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