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Conduplicative 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 repeats identical words at line endings rather than merely similar sounds, creating emphasis through lexical rather than phonetic echo.

Detailed Definition
Conduplicative rhyme occurs when a word or phrase is repeated identically at the end of successive lines or stanzas, creating a hammering, incantatory effect that emphasizes key themes or emotions through insistent sonic recurrence rather than variation or development.
Example
Example in poetry:
Conduplicative rhyme repeats words with shifted meaning: “light” / “light”; Emily Dickinson uses “see” / “see” with different connotations; modern example: Terrance Hayes repeats “American” in sonnets for ironic variation; this rhyme type exploits polysemy; it’s common in folk and blues traditions; conduplicative rhyme emphasizes semantic slippage.
Additional Notes
Rhyme scheme using repeated words rather than sounds. Creates echo effect through lexical repetition. Related to: identical rhyme, repetition. Experimental technique.
Also Known As
Doubled rhyme repeated sound emphatic rhyme reduplicative correspondence
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