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feminine ending

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feminine ending
n.
1. An extra unstressed syllable at the end of a line of verse.
2. Grammar A final syllable or termination that marks or forms words in the feminine gender.
feminine ending
n
(Literature / Poetry) Prosody an unstressed syllable at the end of a line of verse


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However, the lines that comprise the stanza are loose blank verse, alternating from three to seven feet in length; the fourth and tenth lines have the feminine ending as part of their metrical system.
Leaning Against the Sun by Moore, Lenard D. / African American Review
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