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Ornate ending

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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 poem’s conclusion richly adorned with rhetorical, sonic, or imagistic embellishment, designed to leave a resonant or ceremonial final impression.

Detailed Definition
A poetically elaborate or ornately decorated conclusion employing rich imagery, elevated diction, or complex syntax to create aesthetically satisfying closure. Common in formal verse traditions where endings represent full flowering of themes and images, ornate endings should feel earned through poem's development rather than arbitrarily appended, providing memorable final impression through linguistic beauty that culminates and completes the composition's aesthetic and thematic work.
Example
Example in poetry:
Ending a poem with elaborate rhymes in Spenser’s closing; Shelley’s ornate allegorical final quatrain; Tennyson’s decorative image wrapping up an idyll; Modern sonnet using intricate wordplay in the last line; Milton’s lush closing in "Paradise Lost"
Additional Notes
Provides decorative closure to poem. Should feel earned through poem's development. Common in formal verse traditions. Creates sense of completion and artistry.
Also Known As
Elaborate conclusion Ornamental finale Decorated ending Baroque resolution Decorative ending Efflorescent Cadence
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