the pattern of rhymes used in a poem, usually marked by letters to symbolize correspondences, as rhyme royal, ababbcc

the act of repeating, or doing, saying, or writing something again; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation

of or expressive of deep feeling or emotion

a simple past tense and past participle of tread.

rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours

a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication

to attack on all sides; assail; harass

a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”

scornful pride, snobbishness, or arrogance:

an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.

a word, line or phrase that is repeated within the lines or stanzas of the poem itself