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linking 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 connects stanzas by repeating a word or sound from the end of one stanza at the beginning of the next

Detailed Definition
Linking rhyme is a technique where the end word of one line rhymes with a word in the middle of the next line (e.g., “light / In the night sky”), creating forward momentum and sonic continuity; it enhances flow and cohesion in narrative or meditative verse, often used in terza rima or chain rhyme schemes.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind,” the rhyme scheme terza rima (ABA BCB CDC) uses linking rhyme to propel the poem forward; In Dante’s “Divine Comedy,” terza rima creates continuous linkage through shared rhymes; In Auden’s “In Memory of W.B. Yeats,” stanzas use linking rhyme like “darkness” and “bark” to “park”; In modern poetry, Terrance Hayes uses linking rhyme subtly across stanzas in his sonnet sequences.
Additional Notes
Linking rhyme connects stanzas by carrying a rhyme sound from one to the next (e.g., terza rima’s ABA BCB); creates forward momentum and cohesion; useful in long poems to sustain musicality without monotony.
Also Known As
Chain rhyme interlocking rhyme terza rima link rhyming bridge bridging rhyme spanning rhyme
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