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Which rhyme usually occurs in the final stressed syllable of a line, as seen in this excerpt from John Donne's "A Lecture Upon the Shadow"?

Stand still, and I will read to thee
A lecture, love, in Love's philosophy.

feminine rhyme

slant rhyme

masculine rhyme

eye rhyme

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C."Masculine rhyme" for Plato users...

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User Michael Mitch
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Masculine rhyme occurs in the final stressed syllable of a line. Look at the lines,

Stand still, and I will read to thee
A lecture, love, in Love's philosophy

The syllables at the end have the same sound and them being at the end stresses it. So this is a masculine rhyme.
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