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Editorial revision

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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

Editorial alterations to a poem—by author or editor—intended to refine language, structure, or thematic clarity.

Detailed Definition
Changes, improvements, corrections, or alterations made to poetic texts by editors, authors revising their own work, or scholars preparing editions. Editorial revisions may modernize spelling, correct errors, adjust punctuation, or choose between manuscript variants. This process raises questions about preserving original texts versus improving readability, authorial intention versus editorial intervention, and the relationship between different versions. Compare diplomatic editions preserving originals versus critical editions incorporating changes.
Example
Example in poetry:
Authors revising drafts for improvement; Changes made between manuscript and publication; Yeats' extensive revisions of early poems; Auden's alterations to published works
Additional Notes
Compare authorial revision versus editorial intervention. Important for textual criticism and understanding how poems evolve through composition and publication.
Also Known As
Authorial revision Editorial emendation Textual improvement Manuscript revision Emendation
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