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drawn-out verse

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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

Verse characterized by extended line structures beyond standard metrics

Detailed Definition
Drawn-out verse describes poetry that employs extended lines, languid rhythms, or repetitive structures to evoke slowness, contemplation, or emotional weight; this technique stretches temporal perception, often used in elegies or meditative poems where duration mirrors grief, memory, or the unfolding of insight.
Example
Example in poetry:
Tennyson’s “The Lotos-Eaters” uses drawn-out verse to mimic narcotic languor; Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” employs drawn-out verse for dreamy excess; Swinburne’s “The Garden of Proserpine” uses extended anapests as drawn-out verse; Contemporary poet Jorie Graham stretches lines to delay resolution; Drawn-out verse appears in Hart Crane’s oceanic cadences in “Voyages.”
Additional Notes
drawn-out verse: Poetry characterized by long, expansive lines, extensive use of modifiers, and slow, deliberate rhythms, creating a sense of expansiveness, meditation, or languor. Related: Ponderous rhythm.
Also Known As
Prolonged verse Extended line verse Drawn-out cadence Lengthened stanza Attenuated line
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