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Six-line send-off

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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 final stanza of six lines that summarizes, addresses, or dispatches the poem’s message

Detailed Definition
A six-line send-off is a concluding stanza of exactly six lines that provides thematic resolution, farewell, or reflective coda to a longer poem; often metrically and rhymed distinctively, it functions as a poetic epilogue, offering closure while echoing earlier motifs or voices in a condensed final gesture.
Example
Example in poetry:
Spenserian sonnet envoys often serve as six-line send-offs; modern example: “Go, poem, to her window. / Tell her the stars still burn. / Say I watch them nightly. / The nights are long. / My heart is full. / Come home.”; another: “Take this to the sea. / Let waves carry it west. / If she walks that shore, / let her know I wait. / The gulls remember. / So do I.”
Additional Notes
A six-line send-off is a concluding stanza that formally closes a poem, often with summation or address; it functions similarly to an envoy in fixed forms like the sestina.
Also Known As
Hexastich farewell Final sextet Closing envoy Concluding hexastich Six-line envoy
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