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Generally speaking, rhyme is the marker for the end of a line. The first rhyme-word is like a challenge thrown down, which the poem itself has to respond to.

James Fenton
Challenges, Lines, Firsts
"Slave to the rhythm" by James Fenton, www.theguardian.com. October 26, 2002.
Generally speaking, rhyme is the marker for the end of a line. The first rhyme-word is like a challenge thrown down, which the poem itself has to respond to.