Is there a name for the technique in songs/poems, where the rhyming pattern primes the listener for a certain line, which never comes?
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Usually used for comedic purposes, for example in Shrek:
Welcome to Duloc, such a perfect town
Here we have some rules, let us lay them down
Don't make waves, stay in line
and we'll get along fine
Duloc is a perfect place
Please keep off the grass
Shine your shoes, wipe your face
Which begins with an AABB, and subverts the viewer's expectation of "ass", in the final line.
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