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Brunswick

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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 place-name used here as part of a London address; it may also echo Brunswick as a historical German state or dynasty name.

Detailed Definition
Brunswick is a proper place-name, and in this poem it appears as part of a comic modern address. The effect is to place famous lovers in an ordinary urban setting.
Example
Example in poetry:
“And Antony resides in Brunswick Square” places a figure in a London square; Brunswick Square evokes Georgian and Bloomsbury London, near literary and medical institutions; rain darkens the railings of Brunswick Square in an urban lyric; a named square can make private emotion geographically precise
Additional Notes
'Brunswick' is a proper place-name in the quoted line, and readers may not immediately know the reference.; Found in the poem, Modern Love by John Keats
Also Known As
Duke of Brunswick Brunswick's Legacy Brunswick's Lineage
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