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    Is there a precise name for a line which only uses words having the same vowel, as in, "Idling I sit in this mild twilight dim, Whilst birds in wild, swift vigils, circling skim?"

    Question #42455. Asked by Flem-ish. (Dec 18 03 5:05 AM)


    Leau78

    		It's called a univocalic line.

    http://www.spinelessbooks.com/table/forms/univocalic.html

    http://nte.univ-lyon2.fr/~goethals/lac/lac_univocalics.html

    Dec 18 03, 7:31 AM

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