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Sound 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 of phonetic elements—vowels, consonants, or whole syllables—to create musicality, cohesion, and mood in verse.

Detailed Definition
Sound echo is the deliberate recurrence of similar phonemes or syllables across non-rhyming words or lines to create auditory resonance; distinct from rhyme, it operates through internal repetition (e.g., “fleet feet sweep” in Poe), enriching texture and mood by weaving a subliminal sonic thread that unifies the poem’s fabric.
Example
Example in poetry:
Emily Dickinson’s slant rhymes: “room” / “storm”; W.H. Auden’s echo in “Lay your sleeping head”: “time” / “crime”; Gwendolyn Brooks’ sonic play in “We Real Cool”: “Jazz June”; Modern example: Terrance Hayes’ internal echoes in “American Sonnet” series
Additional Notes
Sound echo repeats phonemes or syllables across non-rhyming words to build musicality and subconscious linkage.
Also Known As
Phonetic echo Sound repetition Acoustic mirroring Auditory recurrence Echo frequency Sonic echo Tautophony
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