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Redondilla

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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 traditional Spanish quatrain with consonant rhyme, typically following schemes like abba or abab.

Detailed Definition
Redondilla is a Spanish stanza form of four trochaic lines, usually octosyllabic, with a rhyme scheme of ABBA or ABAB; it was popular in Golden Age drama and lyric poetry for its musicality and concise expressiveness, influencing later Iberian and Latin American verse.
Example
Example in poetry:
Redondilla: Spanish quatrain in abba rhyme, 8 syllables, e.g., "Amor me lleva al camino, / camino de gran dolor, / donde sufre el trovador, / perdido, triste, divino."
Additional Notes
Spanish quatrain (abba rhyme, octosyllabic). Common Latin American form. Related to cuarteta. Study tip: Count syllables carefully; note contained thought within four-line structure.
Also Known As
Spanish quatrain Redondilla form ABBA quatrain Spanish four-line
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