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supplementary sound

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

An auxiliary rhyme that enriches a primary rhyme scheme through internal, slant, or offbeat correspondences, adding sonic depth without disrupting main structure.

Detailed Definition
Supplementary sound refers to non-lexical or paralinguistic vocal elements—such as breath, hum, click, or sigh—integrated into a poem to enhance emotional texture or rhythmic complexity; common in performance and sound poetry, these sounds operate beyond semantic meaning, evoking mood or physicality, as in the guttural utterances of Inuit throat singing adapted into contemporary verse or the whispered asides in Anne Carson’s dramatic monologues.
Example
Example in poetry:
Supplementary sound enhances meaning through extra phonetic texture: Alliteration in “silken, sad, uncertain rustling” (Poe); Assonance in “fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese” (Pope); Consonance in “stroke of luck” (repeated /k/); Onomatopoeia like “buzz” or “hiss” adds sonic layer.
Additional Notes
supplementary sound|An auditory device like alliteration, assonance, or consonance that is used to enhance the primary rhythm and sound of the poem without dictating the overall meter.
Also Known As
Resonant addition Supplementary echo Added tone Auxiliary rhyme
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