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Projected voice

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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

The poetic effect of amplifying or transmitting the speaker’s persona outward

Detailed Definition
Projected voice is a poetic persona or speaker that extends beyond the poet’s immediate self, adopting a fictional, historical, or collective identity to articulate perspectives otherwise inaccessible; this technique enables exploration of alterity, social critique, or mythic resonance while maintaining lyrical authority through deliberate vocal construction.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poem where the speaker adopts the persona or voice of another person, object, or entity; A dramatic monologue where the entire poem is a character's projected voice; Robert Browning's "Porphyria's Lover," spoken in the voice of a murderer; A poem written in the voice of an inanimate object, like an old oak tree or a statue.
Additional Notes
Projected voice: The imagined or assumed persona or tone that the poet creates and "throws" into the poem; the voice may differ significantly from the poet's own personality; related to persona.
Also Known As
Amplified voice projected tone outward speech amplified speaker Broadcast voice
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