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After-rhyme

Rhyme
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A rhyme that appears later than anticipated—often several lines after its expected counterpart—creating delayed sonic resolution.

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Rhyme — Rhyme is more than a matching sound at the ends of lines. This guide explores how poets use rhyme to organise language, create expectation, make connections between words and alter what we hear when a poem is read or sung.

Detailed Definition
After-rhyme, also known as end rhyme, is the rhyming of the final stressed syllables (and any following syllables) of lines in a poem; it creates sonic cohesion, structural patterning, and mnemonic resonance, forming the backbone of traditional forms like the sonnet, ballad, and heroic couplet.
Example
Example in poetry:
After-rhyme: In Emily Dickinson’s poem “Because I could not stop for Death,” the slant rhyme between “Immortality” and “Civility” functions as an after-rhyme, where near-rhyme occurs after the expected perfect rhyme.
Additional Notes
After-rhyme: A rare term sometimes used to describe slant or near-rhyme occurring after the expected rhyme position, or a delayed rhyme effect; useful in modern free verse for subtle sonic cohesion without strict end-rhyme.
Also Known As
End rhyme Tail rhyme Terminal rhyme Concluding rhyme
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