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Double-value 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 operates on two levels—phonetic and semantic—so that the echoed sounds also reinforce dual or shifting meanings.

Detailed Definition
Double-value rhyme is a rhyme that operates on two levels simultaneously—such as sound and meaning, or literal and symbolic—so that the rhyming words resonate beyond phonetic similarity; this technique deepens thematic connections, as when “light” rhymes with “night” to evoke both sonic harmony and conceptual opposition.
Example
Example in poetry:
Double-value rhyme uses words with dual meanings or sounds: Shakespeare’s “lie” (to recline / to deceive) in Sonnet 138; Donne’s “sun/son” puns in holy sonnets; Emily Dickinson’s slant rhymes like “room/tomb” carry semantic weight; contemporary examples include Terrance Hayes’ homophonic play in “American Sonnets”; Paul Muldoon’s “Why Brownlee Left” uses ambiguous rhymes to obscure narrative.
Additional Notes
Double-value rhyme: A single word that rhymes with two different words in the poem, or a rhyme word that functions simultaneously as a rhyme in two different schemes (e.g., rhyming with both the preceding and following line). Context: Used for heightened structural density and ingenuity.
Also Known As
Extended rhyme value Lengthened rhyme Double-duration rhyme Stretched rhyme pattern Bivalent rhyme
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