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Visual haibun

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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 haibun that incorporates visual, typographical, or pictorial elements

Detailed Definition
Visual haibun combines the Japanese haibun form (prose + haiku) with visual elements—such as photographs, drawings, or typography—to create a multimodal narrative where image and text interact to evoke place, memory, or transient moments with heightened sensory immediacy.
Example
Example in poetry:
A Visual haibun combines prose, haiku, and image: a paragraph about walking in rain, followed by "wet pavement gleams— / streetlights drown in their own gold," beside a photo of puddles.
Additional Notes
Haibun incorporating visual or graphic elements beyond traditional text. Related to Virtual haiku. Combines prose-poetry hybrid with images, typography, or spatial arrangement.
Also Known As
Visual prose-poem Pictorial haibun Graphic narrative verse Image-text hybrid
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