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Atemporal

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 poetry that transcends linear time, evoking eternal, mythic, or spiritual realms beyond temporal sequence or history.

Detailed Definition
Atemporal refers to poetic language or imagery that transcends linear time, evoking eternal, mythic, or cyclical dimensions; such verse (e.g., in Eliot’s Four Quartets or Rilke’s Duino Elegies) seeks to access timeless truths beyond historical contingency.
Example
Example in poetry:
Atemporal: Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Duino Elegies” often evoke atemporal realms where past, present, and future collapse into a single, eternal poetic moment.
Additional Notes
Atemporal: Existing outside of time; in poetry, describes moments of timelessness, eternal truths, or suspended narrative—common in mystical, lyrical, or meditative verse (e.g., Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn”).
Also Known As
Timeless non-temporal time-free outside temporality
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