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alliterative: having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable; "alliterative verse"

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belabored collapse

rhyming collapse

scansion collapse: analysis of verse into metrical patterns

versification collapse: the art or practice of writing verse; the form or metrical composition of a poem; a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text)

assonant collapse: having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables; having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'"

metrics collapse

prosody collapse: the study of poetic meter and the art of versification; the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

jingling collapse: having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells; "jingling sleigh bells"

singsong collapse: a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation; speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong; move as if accompanied by a singsong; "The porters singsonged the travellers' luggage up the mountain"

scanning collapse: the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission; the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer

labored collapse: lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating"

monotonous collapse

chiming collapse

dingdong collapse: heartily or earnestly; "They fell to work dingdong"

jog trot collapse: an easy gait of a horse; midway between a walk and a trot

humdrum collapse: tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"

tedious collapse

monotone collapse: an unchanging intonation; a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)

numbers collapse: the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt

meter collapse: any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity; rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration; (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse; the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards); measure with a meter; "meter the flow of water"; stamp with a meter indicating the postage; "meter the mail"

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