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Beckford

Historical Figure
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 surname identifying a real person or family name in the poem. Readers may need to know who is being referred to.

Detailed Definition
Beckford is a proper name, not a common noun, and in this poem it identifies the speaker or patient being addressed. Because it is a real surname, readers may want to know the historical person or family behind it, especially in a satirical or private-poem context.
Example
Example in poetry:
“I’ve a pain in my head,” said the suffering Beckford, invoking William Beckford as a recognizable literary figure; Byron refers to Beckford, author of Vathek, among fashionable and controversial writers; “Beckford’s towers of fantasy” can allude to the Gothic imagination associated with Fonthill; a historical name in verse may compress biography, reputation, and cultural satire into one reference
Additional Notes
The name appears in “Said the suffering Beckford,” and proper names often need identification rather than ordinary reading.; Found in the poem, I've A Pain In My Head by Jane Austen
Also Known As
Beckford's Brook Beckford's Stream Beckford Vale Beckford River
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