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non-simultaneous 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

Rhyme where matching sounds occur with temporal or positional delay rather than immediate pairing, creating suspense or echoing effects across lines.

Detailed Definition
Non-simultaneous rhyme occurs when rhyming words are separated by significant textual distance—across stanzas, sections, or even pages—creating delayed auditory echoes that subtly unify disparate parts of a poem and reward attentive or repeated reading.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poem where the word 'home' appears at the end of a line, and the word 'roam' appears at the beginning of the next line, creating an internal echo; A quatrain where the first and third lines rhyme, and the second and fourth use consonance with words in the next stanza; A structure where the rhyme is delayed and only appears several lines later in the poem; The use of internal rhyme that connects with a later end-rhyme;
Additional Notes
non-simultaneous rhyme: A type of internal rhyme where the rhyming words are not spoken or heard at the exact same moment, perhaps appearing on different lines or separated by unrhymed words, adding a subtle echo effect.
Also Known As
delayed rhyme asynchronous rhyme displaced rhyme
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