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Hemistich with alliteration

Structure
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 hemistich in which alliteration is a defining or emphasized feature, often found in Old English or Germanic verse.

Detailed Definition
Hemistich with alliteration refers to a half-line (hemistich) in which initial consonant sounds are repeated for rhythmic or mnemonic effect, a hallmark of Old English and Germanic alliterative verse; typically, two stressed syllables in the first hemistich alliterate with the first stressed syllable of the second hemistich, binding the line through sound rather than rhyme.
Example
Example in poetry:
Half-line (hemistich) with “wild winds weep”; Alliterated mid-line segment; Hemistich carrying initial alliteration; Partial line unit highly stressed
Additional Notes
A half-line of verse (hemistich) that is deliberately emphasized or connected to its surrounding lines through the prominent use of the same initial consonant sounds (alliteration); a technique common in Old English poetry.
Also Known As
alliterative hemistich half-line alliteration partial line with alliteration divided alliterative verse
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