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barrack

Noun
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 structure or group of buildings designed to house military personnel; in poetic imagery, barracks evoke discipline, drudgery, uniformity, and the dehumanizing routines of military life and barracks-room banter.

Detailed Definition
A barrack is a building where soldiers live or are housed. In this poem, the word reinforces the military setting around Mad Carew and the colonial outpost atmosphere.
Example
Example in poetry:
“As she crossed the barrack square she could hear the dreamy air” situates sound within a military compound; Rudyard Kipling’s soldiers’ poems frequently evoke barracks, drills, and imperial service; Thomas Hardy’s war poetry contrasts military routine with private grief; contemporary antiwar poems may use the barrack as a setting for discipline, comradeship, surveillance, or trauma
Additional Notes
The military housing term in the quoted line is specific and may not be familiar to all readers.; Found in the poem, The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God by J. Milton Hayes
Also Known As
fortress barracks garrison stronghold
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