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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 thematic or emotional resolution presented in a poem’s closing lines, often revealing consequence, insight, or closure.

Detailed Definition
Outcome: The result, consequence, or conclusion arising from the poem's development, particularly in narrative or dramatic verse. Outcome represents what emerges from the poem's complications and tensions, the state reached after movement through conflict or difficulty. This term emphasizes the poem's progression toward results rather than maintaining stasis.
Example
Example in poetry:
Outcome: In Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken,” the speaker imagines future reflection on choice; Seamus Heaney’s “Digging” concludes with poetic vocation as outcome of familial labor; Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus” ends in phoenix-like resurrection after repeated deaths; contemporary poet Danez Smith’s “summer, somewhere” envisions afterlife for Black boys as joyful outcome; outcomes in poetry often resolve tension or reframe prior action; they may be ambiguous, ironic, or transcendent.
Additional Notes
The conclusion or result of a poetic narrative or argument, where complications are addressed or resolved. Essential component of plot structure.
Also Known As
Resolution Conclusion Denouement Final result Dénouement
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