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After Horace

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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 poetic mode inspired by or imitating the reflective and balanced style of Horace

Detailed Definition
A poem "After Horace" imitates or adapts the style, themes, and tone of the Roman poet Horace, known for his reflective, moral, and conversational odes and epistles. Such works often employ metrical precision, balanced phrasing, and philosophical commentary on human life, virtue, and moderation; they may either directly translate Horace’s originals or reimagine them in contemporary language while keeping his spirit intact.
Example
Example in poetry:
Horace’s ode transformation in Keats’s “Ode to a Nightingale”; Ben Jonson’s imitation of Horace’s Satire I.9; Alexander Pope’s adaptation of Horatian epistle style; Samuel Johnson’s moral odes after Horace.
Additional Notes
Refers to poems written in the style of the Roman poet Horace; often moral, reflective, and conversational, using steady meter and balanced stanzas.
Also Known As
Horatian imitation Neo-Horatian ode Poem after Horace Horatian echo Horatian
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