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reversed 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 using words with reversed syllables or inverted sound order

Detailed Definition
Reversed rhyme occurs when the sounds of a rhyme pair are inverted—such as “stop” and “pots”—creating a phonetic mirror that may also carry semantic implications; though rare, this device appears in experimental or puzzle-like poetry, where sound-play and lexical symmetry contribute to thematic exploration of duality or reversal.
Example
Example in poetry:
A partial rhyme or slant rhyme where the stressed vowels are the same but the final consonant sounds are different (assonance), such as: shore and load; The use of vowel rhyme or assonance to create a sonic link, where the rhyme is carried by the vowel sound but the consonants don't match: green and seem.; A form of rhyme that focuses on the vowel sounds of two words at the end of a line, but uses non-matching consonants, essentially a form of assonance end-rhyme: face and take.; A phonetic echo where the final consonant cluster of a word is different, but the vowel sound is identical: dream and spleen.
Additional Notes
Reversed rhyme (or retro-rhyme) is a rhyme where words sound alike when read backward, often resulting in near rhyme or slant rhyme when read forward; used for subtle or experimental sonic effects.
Also Known As
Inverse rhyme backward rhyme retrograde rhyme Chiasmatic rhyme mirrored rhyme
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