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Triplet

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

Three consecutive rhyming lines, often a tercet with full rhyme.

Detailed Definition
A triplet is a three-line stanza rhyming AAA, distinct from a tercet which may have other rhyme schemes; triplets provide emphatic closure or intensification, often used in heroic couplet expansions or lyrical outbursts, as in Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind” where they amplify emotional crescendos.
Example
Example in poetry:
Triplet: Three rhyming lines, e.g., Shelley’s "The Triumph of Life": "Swift as a spirit hastening to his task / Of glory and of good, the Sun sprang forth / Rejoicing in his splendor..."
Additional Notes
Triplet: A three-line stanza rhyming AAA; can stand alone or appear in longer poems; distinct from tercet (which may not rhyme).
Other Meanings of “Triplet”
Also Known As
Three-line stanza Tercet Triplet form Tri-verse unit Triad Triolet
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