PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION

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                         Dearest Creature in creation                                                       ’dɪərəst  ’kri:tʃə  ɪn  kri:’eɪʃən  

                         Studying English pronunciation                                                   ˈstʌdiɪŋ  ˈɪŋglɪʃ  prəˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən   

                         I will teach you in my verse                                                          aɪ  wɪl  ti:tʃ  ju:  ɪn  maɪ   vɝs                      

                         Sounds like corpse, corps, horse and worse.                               ˈsaʊndz  laɪk  kɔ:ps,  kɔ:z,  hɔ:z  ænd  wɝs                  

                         I will keep you, Susy, busy,                                                          aɪ  wɪl  ki:p  ju:,  susɪ,  ˈbɪzɪ,                   

                         Make your head with heat grow dizzy;                                           meɪk  jɔ:  hɛd  wɪð  hi:t  grəʊ  ˈdɪzɪ       

                         Tear in eye your dress you’ll tear;                                                  tɛə  ɪn  aɪ  jə  drɛs  ˈjɔ:l  tɛə          

                         Queer, fair seer, hear my prayer.                                                    kwɪə,  fɛə  si:^ə,  hɪə  maɪ  prɛə.       

                          Pray, console your loving poet,                                                     preɪ,  ˈkɒnsəʊl  jɔ:  ˈlʌvɪŋ  ˈpəʊɪt,             

                          Make my coat look new, dear sew it!                                             meɪk  maɪ  kəʊt  lʊk  nju:,  dɪə  səʊ  ɪt!     

                          Just compare heart, beard and heard,                                              dʒʌst  kɒmˈpəʳ  hɑ:t,  bɪəd ænd  hɝd   

                         Dies and diet, Lord and word,                                                dɑɪz  ænd  ˈdɑɪət, lɔ:d ænd wɝd  (ɝ = ɜ:)    

                         Sword and sward, retain and Britain                                                  sɔ:d ænd  swɔ:d,  rɪˈteɪn  ænd  ˈbrɪtən  

                         (Mind the latter how it is written);                                                      mɑɪnd  ðə  lætəʳ  hɑʊ  ɪt  ɪz  rɪt^ən                     

                          Made has not the sound of bade,                                                     meɪd   hæz   nɒt  ðə   sɑʊnd  əv  bæd,    

                          Say, said, pay, laid but not plaid.                                                     seɪ, sed, peɪ, leɪd bʌt nɒt  plæd.  

                         Now I surely will not plague you                                                        naʊ  aɪ  ʃɔ:ʳlɪ  wɪl  nɒt  pleɪg  jə       

                         With such words as vague and ague,                                                 wɪð  sʌtʃ  wɜ:dz  æz/əz  veɪg  ænd  eɪg,  

                          But be careful how you speak,                                                bʌt  bi:  ˈkeəʳf^əl  hɑʊ  ju:  spi:k,             

                          Say gush, bush, steak, streak, break, bleak,                                       seɪ  gʌʃ,  bʊʃ,  steɪk,  stri:k,  breɪk,  bli:k,   

                          Previous, precious, fuchsia, via,                                                        ˈpri:vɪəs,  ˈpreʃˌəs,  ˈfju:ʃə,  ˈvi:ˌə      

                          Recipe, pipe, studding-sail, choir                                                  ˈresɪpɪ, paɪp, stʌdɪŋ-seɪl, kwaiəʳ                                     

                          Woven, oven, how and low,                                                                       ˈwəʊv^ən, ˈʌv^ən, haʊ  ænd  ləʊ

                          Script, receipts, shoe, poem, toe.                                                 skrɪpt, rɪˈsi:tz, ʃu:, ˈpəʊəm, təʊ.

                          Hear me say, devoid of trickery,                                                    hɪəʳ mi: seɪ, dɪˈvɔɪd əv ˈtrɪk^ərɪ,

                          Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore                                            ‘dɔ:təʳ, ˈlɑ:ftəʳ, ænd ˈtɛpsɪkɔʊ

                          Typhoid, measles, topsail, aisles                                                    ˌtaɪfɔɪd, ˈmi:zl^əz, ˈtɒpseɪl, aɪlz

                          Exiles, similes, reviles,                                                                      ˈeksaɪlz, ˈsɪmɪlɪz, ˈrɪvaɪlz,