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ending 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 at the end of poetic lines, the most common type in traditional verse

Detailed Definition
Ending rhyme refers to the sonic correspondence between the final stressed syllables (and any following sounds) of two or more lines in a poem; it creates musicality, structural cohesion, and expectation, and can be perfect (e.g., “light/night”) or slant (e.g., “love/move”), serving both aesthetic and mnemonic functions across poetic traditions.
Example
Example in poetry:
Shakespeare’s sonnets use consistent end rhymes like “day/way” or “love/dove”; In “Stopping by Woods,” Frost rhymes “know/snow” and “here/near”; Traditional ballads employ ABCB with rhyming second and fourth lines; A quatrain ending with “light/night” and “sea/me”
Additional Notes
Ending rhyme (or end rhyme) is the most common rhyme type, occurring at line terminals; foundational to sonnets, ballads, and quatrains; students should practice identifying rhyme schemes (e.g., ABAB) and their emotional effects
Also Known As
end rhyme terminal rhyme line-end rhyme concluding rhyme Grammatical rhyme
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