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caesura run-on

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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 caesura that flows directly into enjambment, blurring the boundary between internal pause and line-end continuation.

Detailed Definition
Caesura run-on occurs when a syntactic unit continues across a caesura without pause, defying the expected break and creating enjambment within a single line; this technique merges the two halves of a verse into a seamless flow, intensifying momentum and subverting traditional metrical expectations, as in dramatic monologues where urgency overrides formal division.
Example
Example in poetry:
Caesura run-on occurs when the pause flows into next line without syntactic break: “The wind || / howls through the pines” (hypothetical); in William Carlos Williams’ “Spring and All,” caesura run-on mimics natural observation; the technique blurs line boundaries while maintaining rhythmic articulation; it appears in imagist poetry to link perception and description; caesura run-on differs from enjambment by preserving internal pause
Additional Notes
A type of enjambment where the caesura (internal pause) is placed at the very end of the line, immediately before the line break, so the pause seems to "run on" to the start of the next line, creating an ambiguous break; Related to caesural continuation break.
Also Known As
run-on caesura flowing caesura carried-over pause Caesura enjambment Pause-marked overflow
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