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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 comparison between two things suggested but not directly stated
Explore this topic in depth (5)
Figurative Language in Poetry
— Figurative language is not ornamental extra language: it is one of poetry’s ways of making connections and testing meanings. This guide introduces metaphor, simile, personification, apostrophe and related figures, with practical steps for reading how they develop across a poem.
Carpe Diem: Poetry and the Urgency of the Present
— Carpe diem poetry asks what we should do with a life that will not last forever. Explore its classical origins, its images of fleeting beauty, and the ways poets make urgency both appealing and open to question.
Childhood in Poetry
— Poems about childhood explore play, learning, family, work and the changing boundaries of independence. This guide shows how to read their voices and forms without assuming that childhood is always innocent, protected or happy.
Imagery in Poetry
— Imagery is the sensory language that helps a poem be felt as well as understood. This guide explains how to recognise different kinds of imagery and explore what they do without rushing past the words into interpretation.
How to Annotate a Poem
— Annotating a poem means recording what you notice and what you are still working out. This guide offers a staged method for moving from first impressions to evidence-based interpretation without turning the page into a checklist.
Detailed Definition
Implicit analogy is a comparison suggested through shared imagery, structure, or context rather than stated directly with “like” or “as”; it relies on reader inference to connect disparate realms—such as describing a storm to imply inner turmoil—creating subtle, resonant parallels that deepen meaning without explicit declaration, hallmark of symbolic and imagist poetics.
Example
Example in poetry:
“The lamb is innocence” (without directly saying “like”); “The river was life flowing”; “Her eyes were twin stars”; “Time is a thief stealing youth”
Additional Notes
A comparison or analogy that is suggested rather than explicitly stated using 'like' or 'as'; the connection is left for the reader to infer, allowing for multiple layers of interpretation; related to suggestion.