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sallows

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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

Willow trees or shrubs with grayish-green leaves, often found near water; in floral poetry, sallows are associated with mourning, grace, and the banks of streams, adding a delicate, melancholic touch.

Detailed Definition
Sallows are willows, often the gray or downy kind growing near water. In the poem they help build the autumn landscape around the river and the fading light.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Among the river sallows, borne aloft,” uses sallows for willow trees or shrubs; sallows commonly grow in wet ground beside rivers; “yellow sallows shook in the March wind” gives seasonal landscape detail; poets may choose sallows over willows for sound, dialect, or regional specificity
Additional Notes
The plural in the evidence is a botanical term that many readers may not recognize immediately.; Found in the poem, To Autumn by John Keats
Also Known As
willows osiers softwoods
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