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Apple

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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 deciduous fruit tree with white or pink blossoms, bearing round fruits ranging from green to deep red.

Detailed Definition
The apple carries profound symbolic weight in Western poetry, from the forbidden fruit in Eden to the golden apples of Greek mythology. It represents temptation, knowledge, immortality, love, and discord. Apple blossoms signify promise and fertility, while the fruit itself embodies both sweetness and sin. Poets use apple imagery to explore desire, fall from innocence, romantic love, and autumnal abundance. The apple orchard becomes a setting for pastoral contentment or fateful choices.
Example
Example in poetry:
The apple carries biblical weight in poetry as the forbidden fruit, symbolizing temptation, knowledge, and the fall from innocence; Autumn apple harvest imagery appears throughout pastoral poetry celebrating abundance and the season's fullness; In love poetry, rosy apples become metaphors for youthful beauty, particularly describing complexions or the beloved's cheeks; The apple orchard serves as an idyllic setting for romantic or nostalgic verse about childhood and rural life; Poets use the apple's transformation from blossom to fruit to explore themes of time, maturity, and fulfillment; Mythological references to golden apples of the Hesperides or Paris's judgment provide classical allusions in formal verse
Additional Notes
The apple is one of the most symbolically charged fruits in Western literature, associated with knowledge, temptation, love, discord, and immortality depending on context. From Eden to the Golden Apples of myth, it can signify both fall and fulfilment. Its blossom evokes innocence and transience; its ripened fruit suggests maturity, harvest, or moral choice.
Other Meanings of “Apple”
Also Known As
Crab Apple (wild forms) Malus
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