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Antilabê

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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 metrical technique in dramatic or dialogic poetry where a single verse line is split between two speakers.

Detailed Definition
Antilabê is a metrical technique in classical poetry where a word is split between two metrical feet or lines, allowing flexible scansion; in English, it may describe enjambment that carries a word across a line break to maintain rhythmic continuity.
Example
Example in poetry:
Antilabê in Greek drama (e.g., Sophocles’s “Antigone” stichomythia); antilabê in Seneca’s tragedies for rapid dialogue; antilabê in Renaissance closet drama like “Gorboduc”; antilabê splits a single verse line between two speakers
Additional Notes
Line shared between two speakers in dramatic verse. Creates rapid exchange and heightened emotion. Common in Greek tragedy and Shakespeare. Marks dramatic tension or intimate dialogue. Also called shared line.
Other Meanings of “Antilabê”
Also Known As
shared line divided verse Line-sharing
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