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self-naming

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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 poetic device where a word, phrase, or line explicitly names or defines itself within the text, drawing attention to its own identity.

Detailed Definition
Self-naming occurs when a poem or speaker explicitly identifies its own title, genre, or identity within the text, collapsing the distinction between subject and label; this meta-poetic gesture asserts autonomy and self-definition, as in poems titled “This Is a Poem” that interrogate their own existence.
Example
Example in poetry:
John Berryman’s "The Dream Songs" feature the self-naming character “Henry”; In “Song of Myself,” Whitman repeatedly names himself: “Walt Whitman, a kosmos”; Sylvia Plath’s “Ariel” names the horse and self in transformative union; Shakespeare’s Sonnet 76 asks “Why write I still all one, ever the same?”—self-naming thematic consistency
Additional Notes
self-naming: A poem that identifies or refers to its own genre, form, or title within the text; a form of self-referential or meta-poetry.
Also Known As
Self-titling self-labeling self-styled Autological
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