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Dissonant harmony

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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

The coexistence of clashing elements that resolve into unexpected unity, creating tense beauty.

Detailed Definition
Dissonant harmony juxtaposes discords for ultimate consonance, Schoenbergian in poetic sound. Modernist in Crane's bridge visions, it harmonizes in Hass's natural tensions. Poets deploy it to embrace imperfection, mirroring reality. This device appears to innovate resolution, heightening impact. Harmony dissonantly transforms conflict into artful balance.
Example
Example in poetry:
Charles Ives influences dissonant poetic harmonies; Hypothetical: Harmonizing clash of joy-grief; Hart Crane dissonates bridge visions; Robert Hass dissonates nature-human; Modernist jazz poetry dissonates rhythms.
Additional Notes
Dissonant harmony resolves clashes, atonal influence; coexist tensions; Crane harmonizes bridges; tip: for beauty in discord; professors relate to music-poetry analogies.
Also Known As
Clashing consonance Tense resolution
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