Home › Glossary › Letter C

combined feature

Concept
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

Want to hear it? Click the Listen button to hear the browser speak the word using text-to-speech!

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

An integrated element resulting from the fusion of two or more poetic traits

Detailed Definition
Combined feature refers to a poetic element that merges two or more traditional devices—such as metaphor and alliteration, or enjambment and caesura—into a single expressive unit that amplifies their individual effects; this synthesis creates layered complexity, as when a metaphor is reinforced by internal rhyme, allowing the poem to operate simultaneously on sonic, semantic, and structural levels for heightened aesthetic impact.
Example
Example in poetry:
In metaphor, the combined feature merges tenor and vehicle: “All the world’s a stage” combines life and theater; In synesthesia, “loud color” combines auditory and visual features; In personification, “the wind whispered secrets” combines natural force and human speech as a combined feature; In Emily Dickinson, “a funeral in my brain” combines psychological and ritual features.
Additional Notes
combined feature: A poetic trait achieved by blending two stylistic or structural elements to create hybrid meaning.
Also Known As
Blended trait Unified feature Merged quality Colligative property
Skip to main content