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Sense-divided run-on

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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

Enjambment where meaning naturally pauses despite line continuation

Detailed Definition
Sense-divided run-on describes enjambment that splits semantic units across lines, creating gaps within continuous meaning. This technique generates tension between syntactic flow and linear structure, using breaks to emphasize particular words while maintaining sentence continuity.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Whitman’s “Song of Myself,” “I celebrate myself, and sing myself / And what I assume you shall assume” uses sense-divided run-on to fuse self and reader; In “The Waste Land,” “I will show you fear in a handful of dust” runs into next stanza without pause; Contemporary poet: “You are in the car / and the car is moving” as sense-divided run-on; Student example: “The river flows / through the city that forgot its name.”
Additional Notes
Enjambment that divides semantic units across line breaks while maintaining sense, creating meaningful pauses mid-thought.
Also Known As
Mid-line run-on Sense-break enjambment Pause-divided overflow Natural-break continuation Diaeretic enjambment
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