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Mirror pattern

Structure
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 balanced arrangement where elements reflect one another in symmetrical order.

Detailed Definition
Mirror pattern refers to any recurring structural or linguistic design in a poem that exhibits bilateral symmetry, such as mirrored stanzas, reversed syntax, or inverted imagery; this technique often underscores themes of reflection, identity, or paradox through formal repetition with variation.
Example
Example in poetry:
The A B B A rhyme scheme of an Italian sonnet's octave, where the outer rhymes reflect the inner rhymes; A stanza where the first and last lines are short and the two central lines are long, creating a visual and metrical mirror pattern; A poem whose stanzas are structured in a repeating 1−2−3−4−3−2−1 pattern of line length or theme; A rhetorical structure where the order of words or ideas is reversed: 'All for one, and one for all.'
Additional Notes
Mirror pattern: A broader structural device where elements (words, phrases, lines, stanzas) are arranged in a reversed order around a central axis, creating an 'ABC-CBA' organization; related to chiasmus.
Also Known As
Reflective pattern twin pattern inverted pattern Antimetabolic structure Chiastic design
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