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Craft Terms
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

Wrap means to cover, enclose, or wind around something; in poetry, it can suggest containment, protection, or the gathering of meaning into a form.

Detailed Definition
Literally, wrap is an act of enclosing with cloth, paper, or another material. In poetry, it may indicate the surrounding of one idea by another, or a line that encloses and holds feeling. It belongs in craft terms because it evokes both physical covering and figurative enclosure.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poet may describe wrapping a gift as metaphor for concealing true feelings beneath careful presentation; Wrapped bandages appear in illness poems as image of both protection and constraint; A poem about winter might describe wrapping oneself in a coat as metaphor for emotional withdrawal; Wrapping a body in a shroud appears in elegy as solemn ritual preceding burial; A poet describing embrace might use the image of arms wrapping around another as intimacy and safety; Vines wrapping around a fence can symbolize both growth and quiet encroachment in nature poetry.
Additional Notes
Wrap describes covering or enclosing something by winding material around it, often used metaphorically to discuss both protection and concealment, particularly in poems about illness, mourning, or emotional withdrawal; instructors might explore how wrapping imagery operates ambivalently, since the same gesture that protects, such as wrapping a wound or wrapping a body for burial, can also isolate or obscure, making it a productively complex term for discussing poems about care and its limits.
Also Known As
envelop cover encase bundle enfold shawl
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