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Divided continuation

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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

Enjambment that acknowledges internal tension or division within a line, often through caesura or syntactic break before continuing.

Detailed Definition
Divided continuation occurs when a syntactic or semantic unit splits across stanzas, line breaks, or other formal boundaries, creating pause within ongoing thought. This technique generates tension between form and sense, using structural division to emphasize what remains linguistically continuous.
Example
Example in poetry:
A line or phrase divided but continuing across interruption; Split syntax resuming after break; Thought separated by intervening material; Enjambment with internal pause
Additional Notes
A line or thought that continues across a break or gap but maintains coherent meaning despite the interruption or separation.
Also Known As
Split continuation Broken continuation Interrupted progression Divided extension Diaeretic enjambment
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