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Prolonged verse

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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

Poetry extended in length or duration for rhetorical or emotional effect

Detailed Definition
Prolonged verse features extended lines, drawn-out syntax, or expansive imagery to create a sense of temporal dilation, meditative depth, or overwhelming emotion; it resists brevity in favor of immersive, accumulative power, as in Whitman’s catalogs or elegiac laments.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself,” prolonged verse unfolds across 52 sections with expansive catalogs; In Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl,” prolonged verse channels breath-based rhythm through long lines; In Derek Walcott’s “Omeros,” prolonged verse spans epic length to encompass Caribbean history; In Anne Carson’s “The Beauty of the Husband,” prolonged verse uses 29 tangos to explore marital betrayal
Additional Notes
Prolonged verse extends line length or stanza duration to create expansiveness, meditation, or breath-like flow; it’s common in Whitmanesque free verse and incantatory poetry.
Also Known As
Extended line Drawn-out stanza Elongated lyric drawn-out verse elongated verse line
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