A. E. Housman: Poems
In “To an Athlete Dying Young,” pairs of words such as "down"/"town," "shut"/"cut," and "fade"/"shade" are called
refrain.
exact rhymes.
meter.
alliteration.
refrain.
exact rhymes.
meter.
alliteration.
These are exact rhymes. They have the same vowel sounds and the same following consonants.