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quotation-poem

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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 poem composed primarily or entirely of quoted material from other sources

Detailed Definition
Quotation-poem is a work constructed primarily or entirely from quoted material, recontextualized to create new meaning, irony, or critique; by framing borrowed language within a poetic structure, the poet highlights the ideological weight of found text, as in Susan Howe’s archival poetics, where quotation becomes a method of historical excavation and ethical interrogation.
Example
Example in poetry:
T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” is a quotation-poem weaving fragments from myth and literature; David Antin’s talk poems often become quotation-poems through embedded citations; In Susan Howe, historical documents are reassembled into quotation-poem; M. NourbeSe Philip’s “Zong!” transforms legal text into a quotation-poem about slavery.
Additional Notes
quotation-poem: A poem constructed chiefly from quotations, often repurposing existing texts for new meaning.
Also Known As
Quotation verse Citation poem Found quotation poetry Commonplace poem
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