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Clarity movement

Movement
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 Russian poetic movement emphasizing lucidity and precision in opposition to Symbolist obscurity

Detailed Definition
The Clarity movement is a 20th-century poetic tendency emphasizing plain language, concrete imagery, and syntactic transparency as a reaction against obscurity and abstraction; associated with poets like William Carlos Williams and George Oppen, it champions accessibility, ethical directness, and the poem as a clear window onto lived reality.
Example
Example in poetry:
A movement emphasizing clarity in diction and expression—akin to Imagists or Lucidists; Poems rejecting abstraction; A literary school calling for concise vividness; A movement toward crystal‑clear imagery.
Additional Notes
Clarity movement|A general poetic tendency or school of thought that advocates for directness, precision, and simplicity in language and imagery; related to Plain Style.
Also Known As
clarity school lucid movement transparent poetry movement Acmeism Acmeist
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