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Elaboration

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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 rhetorical expansion of an idea through added detail in verse.

Detailed Definition
Elaboration in poetry denotes the expansion of an initial image, idea, or emotion through layered description, metaphorical extension, or syntactic development to deepen resonance and complexity; unlike mere repetition, it unfolds meaning progressively, as when a single rose blossoms into a meditation on love, decay, and time across successive stanzas.
Example
Example in poetry:
Elaboration: In Frost’s “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening,” gradual elaboration of the woods' allure; In Sylvia Plath’s poetry, elaboration of emotional states through vivid metaphor; Blake’s “The Tyger” elaborates on the mystery of creation through successive questioning; Dickinson’s expansion of a simple observation into a profound meditation.
Additional Notes
The act or process of adding detail, expanding, or enriching an idea, image, or concept already presented in the poem; in rhetoric, it can mean dwelling on a point to clarify or emphasize it.
Also Known As
Amplification Expansion Ornamentation Clarification Blossoming Flowering Amplificatio Conceit Amplification Exergasia
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