leonine verse
noun
a form of verse, based upon an earlier Latin form, with a rhyme scheme that requires the last word in a line to rhyme with the word just before a caesura or with a word near the middle of the line.
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How to use leonine verse in a sentence
Yet it is fair to remember that some of the varieties of leonine verse lacked neither force nor elegance.
A Short History of French Literature | George Saintsbury
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