In prosody, the merging or combination of vowel sounds across word boundaries in verse, typically at the ends and beginnings of successive words.
From Greek 'epi-' (upon) + 'syn-' (together) + 'aloe' (other) + 'phe' (speaking), describing how sounds blend together in poetic language.
Poets use this technique to make their verses flow smoothly—vowel sounds blend across words like 'the end is' becoming almost 'thendis' when read aloud.
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