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bane

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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

Bane refers to a cause of great distress or annoyance; in literature, it often signifies something that leads to ruin or death.

Detailed Definition
In the poem, 'bane' is used to signify the destructive aspect of beauty, suggesting that the very qualities that make the rose appealing also lead to its demise. This term is rooted in older English usage, where it often connoted fatality or ruin, thus enhancing the poem's theme of the transient nature of beauty and life.
Example
Example in poetry:
"Know then the thing that swells thee is thy bane; For the same beauty doth, in bloody leaves" (cause of ruin); "Pride was his bane" (moral); "The bane of my existence" (idiomatic); "Ambition is the bane of kings" (political); "Love's bane is jealousy" (romantic)
Additional Notes
The term 'bane' emphasizes the duality of beauty as both alluring and destructive, underscoring the poem's exploration of mortality.; Found in the poem, A Rose by Sir Richard Fanshawe
Also Known As
ruin poison curse destruction scourge
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