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Fractured metaphor

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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 broken or incomplete comparison that suggests fragmentation or incompleteness.

Detailed Definition
Fractured metaphor shatters images for disjointed effect, postmodern in Pinter echoes. It fractures in Forché's witness breaks. Poets use it to reflect rupture, mirroring trauma. This device appears to embody loss, heightening unease. Metaphors fracturedly capture disintegration's truth.
Example
Example in poetry:
Charles Simic fractures metaphors for surreal; Hypothetical: Fracturing mirror for identity break; Sylvia Plath fractured oven; Postmodern fractured images; Language poets fracture for ambiguity.
Additional Notes
Fractured metaphor shatters incompleteness, postmodern break; suggest fragments; Simic fractures surreal; usage: for rupture; academics relate to deconstruction.
Also Known As
Broken figure Shattered comparison
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