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mirrored 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 scheme that reflects or reverses sounds across paired lines.

Detailed Definition
Mirrored rhyme is a nontraditional rhyming technique where the sounds at the end of lines are reversed or phonetically inverted rather than identical or similar, producing a disorienting or witty effect that challenges conventional expectations of sonic harmony in verse.
Example
Example in poetry:
A rhyme where the rhyming words are spelled the same backward and forward, e.g., 'rap' and 'par'; A rhyme scheme that is palindromic within a stanza, such as A B C C B A; A rhyme that is reversed in sound, such as 'sward' and 'draws' (if pronounced identically, which is rare); A rhyme where the end-word of one line rhymes with the beginning-word of a line later in the poem.
Additional Notes
mirrored rhyme: Synonym for mirror rhyme (6173); rhyming words or sounds are positioned symmetrically within lines or stanzas.
Also Known As
Reversed rhyme inverted rhyme echoing rhyme balanced rhyme Bilateral rhyme Doubled rhyme
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