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para-rhyme, pararhyme|ˈpærəraɪm|
[f. para-1 + rhyme n.]
A half-rhyme, with the same consonant pattern but vowel variation.
In English poetry particularly associated with Wilfred Owen (1893–1918).
1931E. Blunden in W. Owen Poems 28 Having discovered and practised this para-rhyme, Owen became aware that it would serve him infinitely in the voicing of emotion and imagination... By means of it he creates remoteness, darkness, emptiness, shock, echo, the last word. 1939Eng. Stud. XXI. 99 He [sc. Wilfred Owen] had invented what has been called pararhymes. Choosing words built upon the same framework of consonants but different vowels, he played with this blend of similarity and dissimilarity..placating the ear while disturbing it. 1951[see dissonantal a.]. 1961Listener 23 Nov. 863/1 Owen muted the rhythms of the romantics by the use of para⁓rhyme. 1975Ibid. 9 Jan. 69/1 [Wilfred] Owen had taught him pararhyme, but [Keith] Douglas uses both pararhyme and assonance. |