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monarch

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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 sovereign ruler such as a king, queen, or emperor; symbolizing supreme authority, majesty, or power in epic and civic verse.

Detailed Definition
In older or elevated poetry, monarch can mean a sovereign ruler rather than just a general leader. Here it appears in a comparison about how valuable the ribbon is: even a monarch would surrender a crown for it.
Example
Example in poetry:
A monarch is a sovereign ruler such as a king, queen, emperor, or empress; “No monarch but would give his crown” makes the crown a symbol of power and sacrifice; Shelley’s “Ozymandias” turns a monarch’s monument into an image of impermanence; A contemporary poem may question monarchy by focusing on those who live beneath royal display
Additional Notes
The word in the line is a formal political title, and readers may pause because it is used in a poetic, elevated sense.; Found in the poem, On a Girdle by Edmund Waller
Also Known As
sovereign ruler king
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