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A Homoioteleuton (also Homoeoteleuton, Omoioteliton, Omoioteleton) is a figure in Rhetoric. The term is composed of Greek homoios "equal" and teleute "end". It describes a sort of assonance, the occurrence of similar endings in words of consecutive clauses. In Late Antiquity, the homoioteleuton developed into rhyme.
Example
- How churlishly I chid Lucetta hence When wilingly I would have had her here! How angerly I taught my brow to frown... ( Two Gentlemen of Verona, I.ii.60)
Figures of speech
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