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Supplement

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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

An added section to a poem or text that extends but is not essential to the whole

Detailed Definition
A supplement in poetry is an added element—word, line, stanza, or note—that extends, clarifies, or complicates the primary text without being integral to its core structure; supplements may appear as footnotes, appendices, or parenthetical asides, creating dialogic tension between main and marginal voices, as in T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” where notes function as scholarly yet enigmatic commentary on the poem’s fragmented narrative.
Example
Example in poetry:
A supplement adds extra material for emphasis or clarification: Parenthetical asides like “(though I doubt it)” in a poem; Footnotes in modern poetry (e.g., Eliot’s “The Waste Land”); An extra stanza appended as coda; Inserted lines in brackets for historical context.
Additional Notes
Supplement|Extra metrical material or lines added to a poem or stanza that fall outside the main form, often serving as a coda or an explanatory note; similar to an epode in some odes.
Also Known As
Appendix Addendum Addition Extra note
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