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Outward 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 creates the effect of echo extending outward rather than circling inward

Detailed Definition
Outward rhyme occurs when end-words in successive lines rhyme not through identical sounds but through expanding or diverging phonetic patterns—such as assonance shifting to consonance—creating a sense of sonic dispersion rather than closure.
Example
Example in poetry:
A rhyme that occurs between the end of a line and a word within the following line, rather than between line-ends; A final word of a line rhyming with the first or a prominent internal word of the next line; A pattern where the last word of a stanza rhymes with the first word of the next stanza; A form where the last word of the poem rhymes with the first word of the poem.
Additional Notes
Outward rhyme: A term that could refer to a rhyme where the rhyming words are the final words of the stanza (end rhyme), or perhaps a pattern where the rhyme scheme expands outward from a central line.
Also Known As
external rhyme centrifugal rhyme
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