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assembled sonnet

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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

A sonnet composed by piecing together lines or phrases from other works

Detailed Definition
Assembled sonnet is a fourteen-line poem built from repurposed or found language fragments that adhere loosely to sonnet conventions (e.g., volta, rhyme suggestion) while subverting traditional unity; it uses collage to explore how inherited forms can be reanimated through fragmentation and reassembly.
Example
Example in poetry:
Terrance Hayes’s “American Sonnet” series assembles sonnets from news, song, and memory; An assembled sonnet might blend Shakespearean form with Twitter feeds; It questions the sonnet’s stability as a container for identity; Contemporary poets use it to explore fractured selfhood; The form honors tradition while breaking its rules.
Additional Notes
assembled sonnet is a sonnet whose fourteen lines are constructed using the assemblage method, combining lines or fragments from other poems or texts to create a new fourteen-line unit; a form of constraint-based writing.
Also Known As
Composite sonnet Compiled sonnet Gathered sonnet Cento sonnet
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