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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

Plan means to design or arrange in advance; in poetry, it can suggest the shaping of a poem’s structure, argument, or movement.

Detailed Definition
In literal use, plan refers to a prepared arrangement of parts before making begins. In poetry, the term may describe the deliberate ordering of stanza, rhythm, or progression. It belongs in craft terms because it emphasizes intention and design in artistic creation.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poet may plan a sonnet's volta carefully, mapping where the argument will turn; Epic poets plan invocations and structural divisions before composing individual books; A poet drafting a formal villanelle must plan the refrains' placement from the outset; Planning a poem's rhyme scheme in advance can shape the entire trajectory of its argument; A poet describing architecture might use blueprint planning as metaphor for careful poetic construction; Planning a garden's layout can serve as extended metaphor for planning a life or a poem's structure.
Additional Notes
Plan emphasizes the deliberate, advance design of a poem's structure, argument, or imagery, and is often discussed in relation to formal verse, where meter and rhyme scheme must be planned before composition begins; instructors might contrast planned, formalist approaches to composition with more spontaneous or process-driven approaches associated with certain strands of modern and contemporary poetry, discussing how the visibility or invisibility of a poem's planning affects its reception.
Also Known As
design scheme blueprint layout
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