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Efflorescence line

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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 line that blossoms with successive modifiers or nested images, producing a rich, elaborated effect.

Detailed Definition
An Efflorescence line bursts with lush, blooming imagery—flowers, light, growth—to convey joy, revelation, or creative abundance; such lines use vibrant diction, expansive syntax, and sensory richness to evoke organic flourishing, as in the ecstatic catalogs of Walt Whitman or the chromatic stanzas of H.D., where linguistic exuberance mirrors natural or spiritual awakening.
Example
Example in poetry:
Efflorescence line: "Final line blooms with unexpected beauty: 'and the world was new'"; "After stark stanzas, one lush, flowering line"; "Like blossom after drought—semantic and sonic richness"; "Keatsian: 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever' as efflorescence"; "Line radiates hope or insight after tension"
Additional Notes
Line blooming with elaborate ornamentation or imagery. Decorative technique. Related to baroque style. Study tip: Note density of metaphor and descriptive detail versus simpler surrounding lines.
Also Known As
ornamental line florid line
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