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sonnet with coda

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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 traditional 14-line sonnet extended by an additional coda (concluding section), allowing for thematic resolution, commentary, or a shift in perspective beyond the volta.

Detailed Definition
A sonnet with coda is a fourteen-line sonnet followed by an additional concluding section—typically a couplet, tercet, or quatrain—that extends or reframes the poem’s argument, emotion, or imagery; unlike the traditional volta within the sonnet form, the coda operates as a formal and thematic addendum, offering resolution, irony, or expansion, as seen in some of John Donne’s Holy Sonnets where the coda deepens theological reflection beyond the sonnet’s initial scope.
Example
Example in poetry:
A sonnet ending with extra lines: Shakespeare’s Sonnet 126 has six couplets (12 lines) plus two blanks as coda; Modern example: 14-line sonnet + "And yet, the heart remembers"; A coda like "Amen" or "Farewell" appended for closure; Hopkins’s curtal sonnets imply coda through compression
Additional Notes
A sonnet with coda is a sonnet (14 lines) that has a concluding, usually short, extra stanza or line (the coda) appended to the end; the coda often provides a final punch, summation, or thematic twist.
Also Known As
Sonnet plus coda appended sonnet extended quatorzain Caudate sonnet
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