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Sonic 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

The repetition or reverberation of sounds in poetry that creates resonance or rhyme-like effects

Detailed Definition
Sonic echo is a poetic technique where sounds—consonants, vowels, or rhythmic patterns—are repeated at strategic intervals to create auditory resonance, mnemonic emphasis, or subconscious thematic linkage; more diffuse than alliteration or assonance, sonic echoes weave aural threads through a poem, as in the recurring “s” sounds in Keats’s “Ode to a Nightingale” evoking whispering or sighing.
Example
Example in poetry:
In “The Raven,” “nevermore” creates sonic echo through repetition; In “Do not go gentle,” “rage” echoes sonically and thematically; Contemporary poet uses alliteration: “Black blood blooms” as sonic echo; Student example: poem where “s” sounds echo throughout like wind; Another: internal rhyme creating sonic echo in free verse.
Additional Notes
Sonic echo repeats sounds (not necessarily rhymes) to create resonance across a poem. Related to sealed echo and phonetic repetition. Map echoes to trace emotional or thematic undercurrents not stated explicitly.
Also Known As
Sound echo Auditory reflection Phonic mirror Frequency rhyme Sonic recurrence auditory echo
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