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Parallel line

Structure
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 line in poetry constructed to mirror or correspond with another

Detailed Definition
A parallel line is a line of poetry that mirrors another in syntax, rhythm, or thematic content, creating a sense of balance or refrain-like recurrence; such lines may appear consecutively or at strategic intervals, reinforcing key ideas through variation within repetition and contributing to the poem’s architectural and mnemonic coherence.
Example
Example in poetry:
Two or more successive lines that share the same grammatical construction or syntax; The lines "What the hammer? What the chain? / In what furnace was thy brain?" from Blake's "The Tyger"; A pair of lines where both begin with the same part of speech (e.g., a verb) and end with the same part of speech (e.g., a noun); A series of lines where the placement of adjectives, nouns, and verbs is identical.
Additional Notes
Parallel line: A line of poetry whose structure, rhythm, or content directly mirrors or contrasts a preceding or following line; common in Hebrew and other ancient poetry, known as parallelism.
Also Known As
matched line balanced line corresponding line Appositional line Appositive line Equivalent line
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