feminine/masculine (poetry, music)
in poetry, rhyme with a stressed or strong final syllable is called masculine rhyme; rhyme with an unstressed or weak final syllable is feminine rhyme. In music, a masculine beginning (or ending) is a phrase that starts (or ends) on a strong beat; a feminine beginning (or ending) is a phrase that starts (or ends) on a weak beat. It would seem clearer to refer to stressed and unstressed rhymes and to strong and weak beats without bringing the sexes into it in this highly sexist manner.















