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Non-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

Poetic lines that intentionally omit rhyme to emphasize natural speech, thematic rawness, or structural minimalism, common in modern and free verse.

Detailed Definition
Non-rhyme refers to the intentional absence of end-rhyme or internal rhyme in a poem, a hallmark of free verse that prioritizes natural speech rhythms, semantic development, or visual structure over sonic patterning, though it may still employ other aural devices like assonance or consonance.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poem written in free verse that deliberately avoids end-rhymes; A work composed entirely of prose poetry, where the text is set in blocks without line breaks; A line ending in a word like 'orange' that has no easy rhyming partner in English; A poem where the words at the end of lines are chosen for meaning and do not match phonetically;
Additional Notes
Non-rhyme: The absence of a formal rhyming pattern in a poem; synonymous with blank verse (if it uses meter) or free verse (if it doesn't); can create a more natural, spoken feel.
Also Known As
unrhymed verse rhyme-less poetry blank verse (contextual) Antirhyme
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