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Brief verse

Form
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 very short poem, often limited to a few lines or a single stanza

Detailed Definition
Brief verse denotes a short poem or stanza, typically under ten lines, that achieves thematic completeness and emotional resonance through economy of language; it emphasizes precision, suggestive imagery, and rhythmic concision, often functioning as a lyrical snapshot or aphoristic meditation rather than narrative development.
Example
Example in poetry:
Brief verse compresses an image, thought, or turn into very few lines; Ezra Pound’s “In a Station of the Metro” offers a two-line example of imagist concentration; William Carlos Williams’s “The Red Wheelbarrow” shows how short lineation can slow attention to ordinary objects; “Fog / lifts from the field— / one crow remains” demonstrates a contemporary haiku-like brief verse; A short poem need not be slight, because omission asks the reader to complete the scene
Additional Notes
Brief verse refers to extremely short poems, often under 10 lines, emphasizing concision and impact; haiku, epigrams, and micropoetry are common forms.
Also Known As
concise lyric miniature verse slender stanza brief poetic utterance Miniature poetry Short poem
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