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split 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 created by dividing a single word across a line or phrase to make it rhyme with another

Detailed Definition
Split rhyme occurs when a single rhyming sound is divided across two or more words (e.g., "lover" rhyming with "love her"), often for comic or metrical effect; this technique plays with phonetic expectations and can create surprise, wit, or rhythmic flexibility in light or experimental verse.
Example
Example in poetry:
Rhyme split across words: "a- / live" rhyming with "alive"; "un- / done" with "sun"; "re- / kindle" with "kindle"; Enjambment creating split rhyme like "the / sky" with "high"
Additional Notes
A split rhyme is a single rhyme sound created by two separate words, often with one word at the end of a line and the other starting the next line, or by a word at the end of a line rhyming with a word within the next line.
Also Known As
Divided rhyme broken rhyme split sound echo Bipartite rhyme Two-part rhyme
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