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Amaranth

Flora
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

A flower whose name means “unfading,” symbolizing immortality and eternal love.

Detailed Definition
Amaranth represents undying beauty, spiritual constancy, and the promise of life beyond death in poetry. Its name and persistent bloom make it a staple in elegies and devotional verse. Milton and others used it to signify heavenly rewards and love that transcends time.
Example
Example in poetry:
John Keats references amaranth in “Endymion” as an immortal flower: “Where amaranth and yellow lotus bloom”; In Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” amaranth crowns the blessed: “Immortal amaranth, a flower which once / In Paradise, fast by the Tree of Life, / Began to bloom”; Amaranth symbolizes undying love in Victorian floral poetry: “My heart, like amaranth, fades not with time”; Poets contrast amaranth’s eternal bloom with mortal flowers to explore themes of permanence versus decay; In contemporary verse, amaranth represents resilience: “She grew like amaranth through concrete cracks”; Its deep red hue often evokes passion or martyrdom in lyrical imagery.
Additional Notes
Amaranth, derived from Greek “amarantos” (unfading), symbolizes immortality and eternal love in poetic tradition; its vivid red or purple plumes appear in Milton’s “Paradise Lost” and Keats’s odes; distinguish between the ornamental flower and the grain-bearing species, as poets often conflate them for symbolic resonance; pairs well with themes of resilience and undying memory.
Also Known As
Pigweed Love-Lies-Bleeding (sometimes confused) Prince's Feather
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