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Original poem

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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

The first or initial version of a poem from which later versions may derive

Detailed Definition
An original poem emphasizes authentic voice, innovative form, or unprecedented vision, distinguishing itself from imitation or convention; while all poems engage with tradition, “original” here signifies freshness of perception, language, or structure that renews poetic possibility.
Example
Example in poetry:
Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," a well-known, established poem in the literary canon; "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley, a sonnet famous for its themes of time and decay; "How Do I Love Thee?" (Sonnet 43) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning; "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot.
Additional Notes
Original poem: A work of poetry that is the first of its kind, groundbreaking, or that the writer has created without copying or adapting a pre-existing work; in a classroom, it simply means a student's own unique creation.
Also Known As
authentic poem original composition first version Archipoem
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