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Marmion

Historical Figure
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

The title character of Walter Scott's narrative poem Marmion—a bold, flawed English knight; in poetry, he embodies chivalric pride, political ambition, and the moral complexity of the Border narrative.

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Detailed Definition
Marmion is the central figure in Sir Walter Scott’s poem Marmion, a medieval knight associated with romance, battle, and tragedy. Readers may need the literary reference to understand why the name appears here.
Example
Example in poetry:
Scott’s Marmion is the proud English knight at the center of Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field; “Stories of Marmion and Ivanhoe” invokes Scott’s chivalric romances; Marmion’s fatal confidence helps lead him toward Flodden; A poet may use “a Marmion” as shorthand for martial pride and doomed honor
Additional Notes
"Marmion" is a proper name from literary history in the quoted line and is unlikely to be recognized without context.; Found in the poem, The Reading Mother by Strickland Gillilan
Also Known As
epic narrative poem tale of valor heroic verse
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