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Glossolatric Verse

Concept
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 that imitates or employs glossolalia, or speaking in tongues.

Detailed Definition
Glossolatric Verse venerates language itself as sacred, treating words, sounds, or scripts as objects of worship; drawing from mystical traditions, it employs incantatory repetition, archaic diction, or calligraphic form to evoke the numinous power of linguistic utterance.
Example
Example in poetry:
Glossolatric verse worships language itself; Gertrude Stein’s “Tender Buttons” treats words as sacred objects (“A kind in glass and a cousin”); modern example: Harryette Mullen’s “Muse & Drudge” venerates Black English lexicon; glossolatric verse appears in sound poetry like Kurt Schwitters’ “Ursonate”; this mode prioritizes phonetic and semantic play over referential meaning; it reflects postmodern linguistic turn.
Additional Notes
Glossolatric Verse: Poetry that venerates or worships language itself, foregrounding sound, wordplay, or linguistic texture; connected to language poetry.
Also Known As
Sacred language verse Tongues poetry Ecstatic utterance Divine speech poem
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