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Vertical ellipsis

Notation
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 series of dots (⋮) indicating omitted lines or vertical continuation in poetic layout.

Detailed Definition
The vertical ellipsis suggests missing stanzas or ongoing vertical structure; in concrete poetry, it may imply infinite descent or fragmentation, using spatial omission to evoke absence or incompleteness.
Example
Example in poetry:
Vertical ellipses (⋮) appear in conceptual poetry to indicate vertical omission; In visual poetry, ⋮ suggests continuation downward; Some poets use ⋮ for list truncation; In mathematical verse, ⋮ denotes pattern continuation; Experimental works use ⋮ as visual symbol; In minimalist poetry, ⋮ creates vertical rhythm.
Additional Notes
Vertical ellipsis: The vertical ellipsis (⋮) indicates omitted lines in vertical text; while uncommon in poetry, it may appear in digital or grid-based compositions—useful for signaling truncation in multi-column or spatial arrangements.
Also Known As
vertical dots
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