In
poetry, a syzygy is the combination of two
metrical feet into a single unit, similar to an
elision
In linguistics, an elision or deletion is the omission of one or more sounds (such as a vowel, a consonant, or a whole syllable) in a word or phrase. However, these terms are also used to refer more narrowly to cases where two words are run toget ...
.
Consonantal or
phonetic syzygy is also similar to the effect of
alliteration, where one consonant is used repeatedly throughout a passage, but not necessarily at the beginning of each word.
Poetic devices
Poetic rhythm
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