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wattles

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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

Thin, flexible branches woven into latticework for fences or walls; in poetry, a symbol of rustic craft, enclosure, and the interweaving of natural materials.

Detailed Definition
Wattles are flexible rods or branches interlaced to form a simple building material, often used in traditional rural construction. In the poem, the word helps create the image of a handmade, rustic cabin rather than a modern house.
Example
Example in poetry:
“And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made” from Yeats’s “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” describes woven branches plastered with clay; wattles are an ancient building material, not merely decorative twigs; “Wattle walls held warmth against the moorland rain” shows their practical function; in pastoral poetry, wattle-and-daub can signify simplicity, handwork, and shelter
Additional Notes
The word in the line refers to an old building method, which many modern readers may not know.; Found in the poem, The Lake Isle of Innisfree by William Butler Yeats
Also Known As
flaps folds pendants
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