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Pointed overflow

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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

A strong, abrupt instance of enjambment that emphasizes the carryover.

Detailed Definition
Pointed overflow describes a poetic technique where a thought or syntactic unit deliberately spills beyond the expected line break to emphasize urgency, emotional intensity, or conceptual expansion; this enjambment strategy creates rhythmic tension and draws attention to the overflowed phrase, heightening its significance within the poem’s architecture.
Example
Example in poetry:
The running-over of a thought or syntactical unit from one line to the next (enjambment) in a way that emphasizes the word or phrase on the next line; The final word of a line being stressed or important because it is carried over from the preceding line, as in "The dog ran swift and quick, / Until he stumbled on the stone."; A line break used to create a dramatic pause before the continuation of the sentence; A sentence or phrase that is deliberately split across a line to pointedly highlight the word that begins the next line.
Additional Notes
Pointed overflow: A type of enjambment where the overflow into the next line is done specifically to sharpen the meaning or deliver a key word/punchline at the beginning of the following line, adding emphasis.
Also Known As
sharp overflow cutting spillover edged overflow Angular enjambment
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