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Echo Verse

Type:  

Structure, Other Requirement

 
Description: 

Verse written so that the last few words or syllables can be used as a response to the line. The response might be a word with the same sound as the last few syllables, even though a different spelling. Many of these usages are written to heighten comedic or tragic effects in a poem, just as the repetition of the villanelle does.

 
Schematic: 
Varies
 
See Also:  

Diminishing Verse

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 

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