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continuator

Noun
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 person or thing that continues something begun earlier. Here, the speaker calls his changed present self a “strange continuator.”

Detailed Definition
“Continuator” is a rare formal noun for a successor or continuation of something. In the poem, the speaker sees his present identity as oddly carrying on from the simpler self he once was.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Can have merged him into such a strange continuator as this” names a continuator, one who carries on another’s work; Chaucer’s literary successors can be called continuators of a poetic tradition; A sonnet sequence may position its speaker as a continuator of Petrarchan conventions; A contemporary poet translating an unfinished manuscript becomes a continuator, preserving a voice while inevitably altering it
Additional Notes
The quoted word is an uncommon formal noun that many readers would need to look up.; Found in the poem, Wessex Heights by Thomas Hardy
Also Known As
sequelist extender continuant
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