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Between-line 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

Rhyme occurring between the end of one line and a word within the next line

Detailed Definition
Between-line rhyme occurs when the end word of one line rhymes with a word in the middle or interior of the following line, creating a subtle sonic linkage that bridges stanzas or lines without adhering to traditional end-rhyme schemes; this technique enhances musicality while maintaining flexibility in poetic form, often used in free verse to imply structure without rigidity.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Old English alliterative verse like “Beowulf,” half-lines often rhyme through alliteration (e.g., “Grendel gongan”); in Middle English, “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” uses between-line alliteration as rhyme: “bot for pyne of his paye / He pounced hym perly”; modern poets like Seamus Heaney mimic this: “So, ghostly, ghastly, the green knight grinned”; W.S. Merwin’s early work sometimes uses slant between-line rhyme without end-rhyme.
Additional Notes
Between-line rhyme refers to sound links (often alliteration or assonance) connecting adjacent lines rather than end-rhyme; common in Old English and Anglo-Saxon verse; useful in free verse to create cohesion without formal rhyme schemes.
Also Known As
Interlinear rhyme Cross-line assonance Adjacent-line sound link Line-to-line echo
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