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virtue poem

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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 poem extolling or meditating on the virtues of a quality, person, or behavior

Detailed Definition
A virtue poem is a didactic or meditative work that explores, celebrates, or interrogates moral qualities such as courage, humility, or justice; drawing on classical, religious, or humanist traditions, this genre aims to instruct, inspire, or reflect on ethical conduct through lyrical or narrative means.
Example
Example in poetry:
George Herbert’s “Virtue”: “Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright”; Ben Jonson’s “Still to Be Neat” praising modesty; Alexander Pope’s “An Essay on Man” extolling reason and virtue; Contemporary poem: “Honesty is the thread that mends the tear”
Additional Notes
Virtue poem: A poem whose central purpose is to praise, reflect upon, or encourage a specific moral or ethical quality (e.g., honesty, temperance, courage); a form of didactic or moral poetry.
Also Known As
Moral poem Ethical verse Poem of virtue
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