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connected continuation

Device
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

Enjambment emphasizing the close continuation of meaning or phrasing

Detailed Definition
Connected continuation describes a poetic technique where thematic or imagistic threads persist across stanza breaks or formal divisions without syntactic pause, creating fluidity and momentum; this method sustains narrative or emotional arcs while allowing structural segmentation for emphasis or variation.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself,” the line “I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable” continues thematically and syntactically from the previous catalog of selves; In Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen,” vignettes flow into one another through shared emotional resonance rather than narrative; In Ocean Vuong’s “Time Is a Mother,” grief threads connect disparate memories through lyrical continuation; In T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land,” “Hurry up please it’s time” echoes across sections, creating connected continuation of pub-closing anxiety; In M. NourbeSe Philip’s “Zong!,” fragmented legal text continues through visual and sonic echoes despite syntactic rupture.
Additional Notes
connected continuation|A poetic technique, often via enjambment or shared imagery, that ensures the flow of ideas or music across stanza breaks or between sections, preventing the poem from becoming too fragmented or "compartmentalized."
Also Known As
seamless continuation extended flow linked ongoing line Chained enjambment
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