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Phonetics, Poetry.  

• In Punctuation
• Forward Slash (Virgule, Solidus).

Cheryl Iverson

in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11th edn)

The forward slash is also used to set off phonemes and phonemic transcription and to divide run-in lines of poetry. /d/ as in dog . . . cold-breath’d earth!/Earth of the slumbering and liquid trees!/Earth of departed sunset─/Earth of the mountains misty-topt! Previous | Next