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Grotesque pictures

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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

Visually disturbing or exaggerated imagery used to evoke horror, absurdity, or unease in poetry

Detailed Definition
Grotesque pictures in poetry depict distorted, exaggerated, or bizarre imagery that blends the comic and the horrific to critique social norms or explore psychological fragmentation; such descriptions often feature bodily deformity, surreal juxtapositions, or carnivalesque excess in modernist or satirical verse.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Rats gnawed the saint’s fingers as he prayed”; “Her face melted like wax in the sun”; “Worms feasted in the wedding cake”; “The child’s eyes bulged like boiled eggs” — all using grotesque pictures for shock or satire
Additional Notes
Grotesque pictures: Distorted, exaggerated, or macabre visual descriptions that blend horror and humor; often used in satirical or surreal poetry and related to morbid description (10108).
Also Known As
Distorted visions Macabre caricatures Uncanny tableaux Horrific imagery Macabre imagery
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