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Shifted echo

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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 repeated sound or word that appears in an altered position or context within the poem

Detailed Definition
Shifted echo: Sonic or structural repetition that appears in unexpected positions, creating connections between elements that aren't adjacent or obviously parallel. The shifted echo establishes relationships across distance or disruption, using similarity to bridge gaps and demonstrate connections that wouldn't be apparent without the acoustic or structural link.
Example
Example in poetry:
In “The Waste Land,” the echo of Philomela shifts from myth to modern rape victim; In “Citizen,” Rankine shifts echo from tennis to street harassment; Contemporary poet shifts echo of “I can’t breathe” from Eric Garner to pandemic gasping; Student example: “Home” echoes first as house, then as country, then as body; Another: “Light” shifts from lamp to screen to interrogation.
Additional Notes
A sound pattern that shifts from its expected target, creating redirection through sonic displacement. Related to diverted rhyme and bent correspondence.
Also Known As
Redirected echo Diverted rhyme Displaced correspondence Transferred pattern Deflected rhyme Deflected echo
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