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golden phrase

Phrase
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

Language suggesting preciousness, radiance, or idealized beauty—gilded, luminous, and flawless; in poetry, it elevates the subject, evokes desire for the perfect, and creates a sense of aesthetic wonder and timeless value.

Detailed Definition
Golden phrases shimmer with value and light, often invoking classical or mythic ideals; they mark moments of epiphany, perfection, or artistic triumph, where poetry itself becomes gilded artifact.
Example
Example in poetry:
The golden phrase was spoken only at dawn; it turned ordinary words to light; it was the first line of every sacred text; it was the sound of silence made holy.
Additional Notes
Golden phrases suggest idealized beauty: “The golden phrase was spoken only at dawn”; they evoke perfection, sacredness, or fleeting joy; use radiant imagery and elevated diction; avoid sentimentality—ground in concrete moments: “the gold of a single leaf”; related to crystalline phrase and celestial phrase; effective in poems of grace, memory, or transcendence.
Also Known As
golden imagery radiant phrase luminous phrase
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