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metrically complete

Meter
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 line that fulfills its expected metrical pattern without truncation

Detailed Definition
Metrically complete describes a line that fulfills its expected metrical pattern without truncation, hypercatalexis, or missing syllables, achieving rhythmic closure; such lines provide stability within a poem’s prosodic architecture.
Example
Example in poetry:
A line of poetry that contains the exact number of feet dictated by its metrical name, e.g., a perfect iambic pentameter line with exactly ten syllables; A stanza where every line adheres perfectly to the declared meter and line length; A poem where all lines are end-stopped, contributing to the sense of metrically complete regularity and finality; A poem in which no lines suffer from truncation or have extra syllables.
Additional Notes
A line of verse that contains the full, expected number of metrical feet for its type (e.g., five iambs in iambic pentameter) without truncation or extension.
Also Known As
Complete meter fully scanned line metrically sound line Acatalectic
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