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Reconsideration

Device
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 poetic technique of revisiting and revising a previous statement

Detailed Definition
The poetic device of revisiting and reconsidering an earlier statement within the same poem, showing thought process or employing rhetoric of apparent spontaneous revision. This technique creates conversational intimacy by suggesting the poet thinks through problems before readers rather than presenting only polished conclusions. Reconsideration may be genuine second thought or strategic device, but always draws attention to the process of meaning-making itself.
Example
Example in poetry:
Reconsideration appears in Shakespeare’s sonnets: “My love is as a fever, longing still / For that which longer nurseth the disease” then shifts perspective; modern example: Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus” reconsiders victimhood as power; reconsideration revises earlier claims within a poem; it’s common in dramatic monologue and confessional verse; this device shows evolving thought; it creates psychological depth.
Additional Notes
Revisiting and reconsidering earlier statement within poem. Shows thought process or rhetorical strategy of appearing to think through problem. Creates conversational intimacy with reader.
Also Known As
Second thought Revision Reconsideration device Amended thought Epanorthosis
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