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Parallel-structure sonnet

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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 sonnet employing repeated syntactic or rhetorical patterns across its lines or quatrains

Detailed Definition
A parallel-structure sonnet organizes its argument or imagery through repeated syntactic or rhetorical patterns across quatrains or couplets, using structural consistency to underscore thematic unity or contrast.
Example
Example in poetry:
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73 uses parallel structure in quatrains: “That time of year… / In me thou seest… / This thou perceiv’st…”; Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “What lips my lips have kissed” uses repeated “I have forgotten…” structure; A modern sonnet repeating “When I…” at the start of each quatrain; A Petrarchan sonnet where octave and sestet mirror syntactic patterns.
Additional Notes
A parallel-structure sonnet uses repeated syntactic patterns across quatrains or lines; reinforces theme through form; seen in Shakespearean and modern experimental sonnets.
Also Known As
Mirroring sonnet Repetitive-form sonnet Symmetrical sonnet Isomorphic sonnet
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