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Environmental poetry

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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

Poetry addressing ecological themes, human relationships with nature, and environmental issues

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Detailed Definition
Environmental poetry engages directly with ecological concerns, human-nature relationships, or the nonhuman world as central subject matter, often advocating for sustainability or mourning loss; ranging from Romantic odes to contemporary climate elegies, it merges scientific awareness with lyrical witness to planetary vulnerability.
Example
Example in poetry:
Environmental poetry: Poetry that addresses or arises from nature and ecological concerns; Mary Oliver’s nature poems celebrating the wilderness; Gary Snyder’s poetry blending environmental activism and spirituality; Contemporary works focusing on climate change and human impact on earth.
Additional Notes
Verse that addresses ecological themes, nature conservation, the relationship between humans and the environment, or the crisis of climate change; a subgenre of literature often called ecopoetry.
Also Known As
Nature poetry Ecological poetry Environmental verse Green poetry Ecopoem Ecopoetry Ecopoetry tradition eco-poetry Ecopoetry Movement
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