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Diagrammatic line

Device
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 line arranged to visually suggest or mirror the content's shape or motion.

Detailed Definition
A Diagrammatic line uses spatial arrangement, typography, or visual symbols to represent conceptual relationships—such as hierarchy, opposition, or flow—making abstract structures perceptible on the page; common in concrete and conceptual poetry, this approach turns the poem into a map, graph, or schema, as in the geometric stanzas of Ian Hamilton Finlay or the data-poems of contemporary digital artists.
Example
Example in poetry:
Line shaped visually: George Herbert’s “Easter Wings”; Apollinaire’s calligrammes; Modern: digital poetry with spatial typography; Example: a line descending like rain on the page
Additional Notes
Line shaped visually to represent meaning. Concrete poetry technique. Related to pattern poetry, technopaegnia. Tip: Consider how line arrangement on page creates visual metaphor.
Also Known As
shaped line visualised line
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