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devotional hymn

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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 religious poem or song expressing praise, worship, or prayer to a deity

Detailed Definition
A devotional hymn is a lyric poem expressing reverence, worship, or intimate dialogue with the divine, often structured for communal singing or liturgical use; characterized by elevated diction, regular meter, and themes of grace, sin, or transcendence, it spans traditions from the Psalms to George Herbert’s metaphysical meditations.
Example
Example in poetry:
George Herbert’s “Love (III),” a dialogue with divine grace; Isaac Watts’s “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”; A modern hymn like “Amazing Grace” adapted into poetic form; A poem beginning “O Lord, my rock and my redeemer,” echoing Psalms.
Additional Notes
Devotional hymns address the divine with reverence, often in structured stanzas and refrains; they blend personal and liturgical language—study George Herbert, Isaac Watts, and contemporary spiritual poets.
Also Known As
Sacred hymn Prayerful ode Pious lyric Devotional chant devotional song tradition religious chant Worship verse
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