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52:
32:rhyme scheme
31:
29:
1299:Cross rhyme
1211:Rhyme royal
685:Whole verse
560:alexandrine
418:Rhyme royal
394:Ottava rima
373:: ABBA ABBA
300:: XXXA XXXA
262:Chant royal
247:Bref double
134:chain rhyme
1373:Categories
1294:Consonance
1261:Villanelle
1251:Terza rima
1236:Tail rhyme
1196:Quatorzain
1044:How to Rap
1012:How to Rap
993:How to Rap
929:How to Rap
913:How to Rap
897:How to Rap
881:How to Rap
865:How to Rap
846:How to Rap
815:2017-11-15
793:References
698:end rhymes
654:How to Rap
629:Villanelle
590:Terza rima
574:Tail rhyme
510:: ABABABAB
478:To a Mouse
396:: ABABABCC
268:Chastushka
124:(XXAXXXA).
1351:Semirhyme
1337:Pararhyme
1332:Monorhyme
1284:Assonance
1071:: 24–30,
667:include
466:- various
420:: ABABBCC
408:The Raven
365:Monorhyme
1355:Syllabic
1312:Holorime
1206:Quintain
1201:Quatrain
1181:Cinquain
1176:Chaubola
690:Couplets
672:Couplets
649:couplets
597:tristich
458:Rubaiyat
446:Rondelet
401:quatrain
347:Limerick
323:Keatsian
280:Clerihew
274:Cinquain
1246:Triolet
1221:Sestain
1186:Couplet
1148:Stanzas
780:in the
777:A000296
755:in the
752:A000110
645:rapping
614:Triolet
584:Tagalog
496:Sestina
484:Sestain
452:Roundel
440:Rondeau
349:: AABBA
286:Couplet
276:: ABABB
229:Ballade
138:sestina
36:pattern
34:is the
1271:Rhymes
1241:Tercet
1231:Sonnet
1226:Sestet
1191:Ghazal
1166:Biolet
625:: XAXA
601:tercet
580:Tanaga
520:Sonnet
516:: ABCB
490:Sestet
371:Octave
361:: AABA
333:, and
310:Englyn
292:Décima
282:: AABB
237:: AABB
225:: ABCB
130:stanza
40:rhymes
1379:Rhyme
713:lines
623:Trova
604:form.
782:OEIS
757:OEIS
657:and
643:and
562:line
359:Mâni
341:Klin
48:song
44:poem
1073:doi
1069:238
599:or
46:or
38:of
1375::
1067:,
1002:^
855:^
831:-
808:.
784:).
759:).
595:A
399:A
329:,
208:CC
98:B
88:A
78:B
68:A
57::
30:A
1132:e
1125:t
1118:v
1075::
818:.
743:n
735:n
711:n
480:"
436:.
406:"
337:.
319:"
210:4
206:2
204:B
202:4
179:.
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