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Electric guitar

Musical Instrument
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 guitar that uses electronic amplification to produce sound, central to rock and pop

Detailed Definition
The electric guitar features in poetry as a symbol of rebellion, amplification, and cultural revolution; its distorted wail or soaring solo embodies youth, protest, and sonic liberation, making it a potent metaphor for voice, power, and transformation in modern and postmodern verse.
Example
Example in poetry:
In rock poetry, the electric guitar’s scream embodies rebellion and raw emotion; Poets describe its pickups as “nerves translating fury into sound”; The electric guitar appears in urban verse as the voice of youth and revolution; Its feedback becomes a metaphor for chaos harnessed into art; In love poems, its sustain suggests desire that refuses to fade; Contemporary poets use the electric guitar to explore amplification—personal pain made public.
Additional Notes
The electric guitar, amplified and often distorted, revolutionized 20th-century music; its sonic range—from whisper to scream—makes it a symbol of rebellion, desire, or technological extension of the self—central to poems about youth, urbanity, or the electrification of emotion.
Also Known As
Electric six-string
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