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Hopkins sonnet

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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 curtal sonnet invented by Gerard Manley Hopkins, compressed to 10.5 lines from the standard 14

Detailed Definition
A Hopkins sonnet refers to a sonnet influenced by Gerard Manley Hopkins’ innovations, featuring sprung rhythm, dense alliteration, syntactic compression, and intense religious imagery; it often disrupts traditional iambic flow with irregular stresses and enjambed energy, prioritizing emotional and spiritual urgency over formal regularity.
Example
Example in poetry:
Hopkins’ curtal sonnet e.g. “Pied Beauty”; Innovated 10½ line sonnet; Musical sprung meter adaptation; Shortened sonnet relative to Petrarchan.
Additional Notes
Hopkins sonnet refers to Gerard Manley Hopkins’ innovations—curtal sonnets, sprung rhythm, compressed language.
Also Known As
Curtal sonnet Shortened sonnet Hopkins's abbreviated sonnet Ten-and-a-half line sonnet
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