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Echo 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 in which the end of one line echoes the final syllable(s) of the preceding line, creating sonic repetition.

Detailed Definition
Echo rhyme occurs when the end of one line phonetically mimics or repeats part of a preceding word or sound, creating internal resonance beyond end-rhyme; this subtle technique enriches musicality through layered repetition, as in the slant echoes of Emily Dickinson (“Because I could not stop for Death— / He kindly stopped for me”) or the whispering consonants of Seamus Heaney.
Example
Example in poetry:
Rhyme with echo effect: “hill” / “ill” sounding like echo; “tree” / “me” as faint repetition; Used in echo poems for ghostly resonance; Example: Lydgate’s medieval echo verse
Additional Notes
Rhyme created by repeating part of a word or line (echo effect), often with altered meaning. Different from identical rhyme by adding variation. Related to internal rhyme and ploce. Creates musicality while playing with semantic shifts.
Also Known As
repetitive rhyme syllabic echo Dumb crambo heard rhyme helping rhyme Mimic rhyme mirror rhyme Repeated-word rhyme Sound-copying rhyme
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