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Counter-turn tercet

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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 three-line stanza that serves as a rebuttal, corrective, or contrasting response to ideas presented in a preceding stanza.

Detailed Definition
A counter-turn tercet is a three-line stanza positioned to enact a thematic or rhetorical reversal that contradicts or complicates the poem’s prior development, frequently serving as the structural and emotional pivot in terza rima or modified sonnet forms.
Example
Example in poetry:
A three-line stanza that balances the strophe and antistrophe in an ode; A tercet where imagery shifts from ascent to descent, countering the previous mood; A short unit that provides a structural opposite before the epode; A triadic stanza that reverses the argument or theme of the strophe
Additional Notes
A Counter-turn tercet is a three-line stanza forming the metrical repetition section (antistrophe) within a structured ode, corresponding to the initial turn tercet (strophe).
Also Known As
Reverse volta triplet Antithetical tercet Antistrophic tercet
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