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Beeny

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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

Beeny Cliff, a dramatic coastal landmark on the Dorset coast associated with Thomas Hardy's poetry; it evokes rugged maritime beauty, the erosion of time, and the personal history of the region.

Detailed Definition
Beeny refers to the cliff and coastal area associated with Hardy’s poem, near the west Dorset coast. It is the remembered setting where the speaker once shared a joyful March day with the woman he loved.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Still in all its chasmal beauty bulks old Beeny to the sky,” Hardy’s Beeny refers to the Cornish coast near Beeny Cliff; in “The Going,” Hardy’s western landscape carries memories of Emma Gifford; “Beeny’s dark headland kept the sea’s old grief” imitates the place-name’s elegiac force; local names can anchor lyric emotion in a real, particular geography
Additional Notes
“Beeny” is an unfamiliar local place-name in the quoted line, referring to the Dorset cliff landscape central to the poem.; Found in the poem, Beeny Cliff by Thomas Hardy
Also Known As
hill mound elevation
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