Long stretches of text often repeat a single chord, evoking the reciting tone of Gregorian chant or the Orthodox liturgical chant that Stravinsky would have known from his childhood in Saint Petersburg.
lˈɔŋ stɹˈɛtʃᵻz ʌv tˈɛkst ˈɔfən ɹᵻpˈiːt ɐ sˈɪŋɡəl kˈɔːɹd, ɪvˈoʊkɪŋ ðə ɹᵻsˈaɪɾɪŋ tˈoʊn ʌv ɡɹɛɡˈoːɹiən tʃˈænt ɔːɹ ðɪ ˈɔːɹθədˌɑːks lɪtˈɜːdʒɪkəl tʃˈænt ðæt stɹævˈɪnski wʊdhɐv nˈoʊn fɹʌm hɪz tʃˈaɪldhʊd ɪn sˈeɪnt pˈiːɾɚzbˌɜːɡ.