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Read these lines from emily dickinson's poem "435" ("much madness is divinest sense"): much madness is divinest sense – to a discerning eye – much sense – the starkest madness – 'tis the majority what are lines 2 and 4 an example of?

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The answer is slant rhyme as said by this other person lol


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The correct answer is slant rhyme. It is also known as half rhyme meaning that the rhyme is in the stressed syllables of ending consonants and match, though the preceding vowel sounds do not match. It is usually used to give an inharmonious sensation in a rhyme system.

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