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Apostrophic

Adjective
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

Describing a passage or a poem characterized by the use of apostrophe (direct address).

Detailed Definition
Apostrophic describes a rhetorical and poetic device in which the speaker directly addresses an absent person, a deceased individual, an inanimate object, or an abstract concept as though it were present and capable of response; this creates immediacy, emotional intensity, or dramatic effect, with examples including John Donne’s “Death, be not proud” where Death is treated as if it were a character, allowing poets to externalize inner conflict, awe, or reverence.
Example
Example in poetry:
Apostrophic|Poe's speaker addressing the Raven directly; Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!" to deceased Lincoln; Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind" addressing nature; Keats speaking to the Grecian Urn; Donne's "Death be not proud"
Additional Notes
Apostrophic refers to apostrophe in poetry, where the speaker directly addresses an absent figure, object, or abstract idea, heightening emotion or drama.
Also Known As
Direct-address Invocative Speaking-to-absent
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