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clarion

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 bright, penetrating trumpet or trumpet-like call, especially one sounding a signal, summons, proclamation, or alarm.

Detailed Definition
In older literary English, a clarion is a bright, ringing trumpet sound, or the trumpet itself. Here it describes the lark’s call as sharp and resounding, matching the poem’s musical imagery.
Example
Example in poetry:
“The lark’s is a clarion call” compares birdsong to a bright trumpet signal; A clarion blasts over the battlefield in epic diction; The clarion cry of geese breaks the dawn; Her clarion alarm is a phone buzzing before sunrise
Additional Notes
In the line "The lark's is a clarion call," clarion is a specialized literary word for a trumpet-like sound, not everyday vocabulary.; Found in the poem, The Blackbird by William Ernest Henley
Also Known As
trumpet herald clarion call loud signal
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