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pannels

Archaic Terms
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

An old spelling of panels. It refers to flat sections or boards, here likely the parts of a door or shutter.

Detailed Definition
"Pannels" is an archaic spelling of panels, preserved in older poetry. Poe uses it in a funeral image of a vault or tomb whose doors seem to swing open. The spelling is unusual today and may need explanation even if the meaning is guessed from context.
Example
Example in poetry:
In older poetry, pannels can mean panels or sections, often of a door, wall, or partition; “black / And wingéd pannels fluttering back” turns opening panels into a batlike image; “Moonlight lay in the pannels of the floor” uses the archaic spelling to create period texture; Students can compare pannels with modern panels and infer meaning from the surrounding architecture
Additional Notes
"pannels" is an old spelling in "wingéd pannels," and modern readers may not recognize it immediately as "panels."; Found in the poem, The Sleeper by Edgar Allan Poe
Also Known As
panels boards sections partitions
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