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Allusive runover

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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

The extension of a literary or historical allusion across a line break or stanza boundary, deepening resonance through syntactic continuity.

Detailed Definition
Allusive runover describes enjambment that carries an allusion or reference across a line break, splitting the referenced material between lines. This technique can defamiliarize familiar quotations, create suspense about the allusion's completion, or emphasize particular words within the reference through their positioning. The runover forces readers to recognize the allusion gradually, potentially creating double meanings as the partial reference suggests one thing before completion reveals another.
Example
Example in poetry:
The line about a "green light" at the end of a dock allusively ran over into the next stanza, extending the Fitzgerald reference beyond a single, contained point.
Additional Notes
Allusive runover is an enjambment (run-on line) where the sense of an allusion or reference is suspended over the line break, creating a moment of ambiguity or expectation before the full context is revealed on the next line.
Also Known As
Run-on allusion Flowing allusive line Carried reference Allusive enjambment
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