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Originally Posted by Janice D. Soderling
I was trying to find the name for this kind of rhyme (end-initial) last week and failed. If anyone can tell me the name of that kind of rhyme I'd appreciate it.
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Coblas capfinidas is one rather hifalutin-sounding name for it. The Occitan poets did it a lot, and the Italians followed suit. (Editing back in: I just checked, and actually
coblas capfinidas strictly speaking refers to when a stanza begins with a rhyme on the word that ended the last stanza--not so much line to line, as MacNeice does it here.)
Ditto for me on the MacNeice--gotta get his Collected.