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everyday collage

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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

A poetic form built from ordinary, real-life language snippets arranged artistically

Detailed Definition
Everyday collage is a poetic style that assembles mundane, domestic, or routine elements—grocery lists, weather reports, casual remarks—into a textured representation of ordinary life; by elevating the banal through selective arrangement and juxtaposition, poets like Frank O’Hara or Claudia Rankine reveal the poetic potential latent in the everyday, transforming the familiar into a site of emotional and aesthetic discovery.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Frank O’Hara’s “Why I Am Not a Painter,” grocery lists and gallery talk form everyday collage; In Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen,” sports commentary and microaggressions create everyday collage; In William Carlos Williams’s “Spring and All,” road signs and botanical notes merge as everyday collage; In Mina Loy, advertisements and love letters form everyday collage.
Additional Notes
everyday collage: Juxtaposition of ordinary details and fragments to create a textured, realistic effect.
Also Known As
Colloquial collage Everyday assemblage Commonplace mosaic
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