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phonetic 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 dependent purely on how words sound, not their orthography

Detailed Definition
Phonetic rhyme relies on approximate or slant sonic correspondence—shared consonants, vowel echoes, or rhythmic alignment—rather than perfect end-rhyme, allowing for greater flexibility and subtlety; common in modern and free verse, it maintains musicality while avoiding the predictability of full rhyme.
Example
Example in poetry:
Internal rhyme that relies on similar, not identical, vowel or consonant sounds: "The beast was least like the bird"; Assonance used to connect words across a line: "The green field sweeps to the sea"; A coupling of words based on alliteration and consonance rather than perfect end-rhyme: "The dark dog dreamt of a deep dig"; A close near-rhyme or slant rhyme that connects on shared vowel or consonant phonemes but isn't exact: stone/man (shared final /n/ sound).
Additional Notes
phonetic rhyme: A rhyme that relies on the sound of the words to create the link, often focusing on alliteration or consonance within the line or across the break, rather than exact end-rhyme; emphasizes internal music.
Also Known As
sound rhyme pronunciation rhyme spoken rhyme Auricular rhyme
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