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falling 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 occurring at a metrical point of descent or weakening stress, often reinforcing closure through rhythmic resolution.

Detailed Definition
Falling rhyme refers to a rhyme scheme or pattern in which the rhyming words carry connotations of decline, loss, or diminishment—either through semantic content (e.g., “fall”/“wall,” “fade”/“shade”) or phonetic quality (soft, open vowels or trailing consonants); this device subtly reinforces thematic melancholy or dissolution, aligning sound with meaning to deepen the poem’s emotional resonance.
Example
Example in poetry:
A rhyme scheme where the stress falls on the second syllable, such as in trochaic meter: “Tyger! Tyger! burning bright / In the forests of the night”
Additional Notes
A falling rhyme (or trochaic rhyme) is a metrical pattern where the rhyming words are two-syllable (or more) words where the rhyme occurs on the first, or stressed, syllable, followed by an unstressed syllable; examples include "seating/meeting" or "pleasure/measure," which is the opposite of a rising or masculine rhyme.
Also Known As
Declining rhyme Sinking rhyme Falling cadence rhyme Cadential rhyme
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