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End-times sonnet

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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 sonnet that explores themes of apocalypse, revelation, or final judgment, often using the form’s volta to signal divine intervention or doom.

Detailed Definition
An end-times sonnet adapts the traditional form to meditate on apocalypse, eschatology, or civilizational collapse, using the volta to pivot from dread to hope, resignation, or prophecy; it merges formal discipline with urgent contemporary anxieties, often blending biblical imagery with ecological or nuclear fears.
Example
Example in poetry:
End-times sonnet: Sonnets reflecting themes of apocalypse or final reckoning, similar to Donne’s religious sonnets contemplating judgment day; Modern sonnets on climate change and societal collapse; Traditional sonnets invoking twilight or ending as metaphor for life’s end; Poetic meditations on mortality and finality shaped into sonnet form.
Additional Notes
A sonnet that engages with themes of apocalypse, final judgment, the end of the world, or ultimate societal collapse; a thematic classification that can use either Shakespearean or Petrarchan form.
Also Known As
Apocalypse sonnet Final times sonnet Revelation sonnet Last days sonnet Apocalyptic sonnet
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