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Sutured line

Structure
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 poetic line constructed by splicing together fragments from diverse textual or linguistic sources, creating a collage-like syntactic effect.

Detailed Definition
A sutured line is a poetic line where disparate images, syntactic units, or semantic fields are tightly joined—often through enjambment or metaphor—to create a seamless yet complex surface; the “stitching” conceals seams while generating tension between fused elements.
Example
Example in poetry:
Sutured line: In "The Waste Land," Eliot sutures "I will show you fear in a handful of dust" from disparate sources; M. NourbeSe Philip’s "Zong!" sutures legal text into poetic lines; Claudia Rankine sutures microaggressions into lyrical prose; Sutured lines in Solmaz Sharif’s "Look" stitch military jargon into personal elegy
Additional Notes
Line where break "stitches" disparate images/ideas together, creating unexpected connection. Related to enjambment but emphasizes deliberate joining. Effective for metaphorical leaps.
Also Known As
Stitched line Sewn verse Sutured measure Joined-together line
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