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Dresden

Battles
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

An 1813 Napoleonic victory in Saxony during the War of the Sixth Coalition.

Detailed Definition
Dresden was Napoleon’s last major victory before his downfall. In poetry, it appears as a final flash of brilliance before collapse—often used in Romantic and historical verse to explore the tragic arc of genius, the illusion of control, and the fleeting nature of power amid shifting alliances and overwhelming odds.
Example
Example in poetry:
Dresden, Napoleon’s 1813 victory, appears in German poetry as fleeting before Leipzig’s doom; A modern sonnet might frame Dresden’s baroque beauty amid cannon smoke; In a dramatic lyric, a Saxon conscript questions fighting for France at Dresden; A free-verse elegy could mourn the coalition dead in Saxony’s capital; Contemporary poets use Dresden to explore the irony of winning battles but losing wars; A haiku might capture snow falling on Dresden after the guns cease.
Additional Notes
Dresden (1813) was Napoleon’s last major victory before Leipzig; its fleeting success appears in Napoleonic-era poetry as a final blaze of glory before inevitable decline, often contrasted with the “Battle of Nations” that followed.
Also Known As
Battle of Dresden
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