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meta-frame

Concept
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 self-referential structure that frames or comments upon its own making

Detailed Definition
Meta-frame is a self-referential structure in which a poem comments on its own construction, genre, or act of writing, creating layers of awareness; this framing device invites reflection on poetry’s limits, purposes, or illusions, as in sonnets about sonnet-writing.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poem that is presented as a fragment from a larger, non-existent work, framing itself as incomplete; A text that is a dedication or preface to a poem that is never actually included, the frame being the primary text; A poet's extended meta-frame of commentary or instructions surrounding the main body of a short lyric; A poem that appears to be a note found in a book or an excerpt from a diary, using that source as its meta-frame.
Additional Notes
A framework narrative that surrounds and organizes a collection of smaller, independent poems or narratives; common in collections like The Decameron or The Canterbury Tales if adapted to poetry.
Also Known As
Meta-structure frame within frame self-referencing frame
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