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Iser

Historical Location
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

A river in Bavaria, now usually called the Isar. It is the river mentioned in the poem’s battlefield setting.

Detailed Definition
The Iser is the older English form of the name of the Isar River in southern Germany. Campbell uses it to anchor the poem in the landscape around Hohenlinden and to contrast the river’s flow with the violence of the battle. Modern readers may not recognize the historical spelling.
Example
Example in poetry:
“And bloodier yet the torrent flow / Of Iser, rolling rapidly” refers to the Yser or Ijzer, the Belgian river associated with First World War fighting; “Along the Iser, mud and wire erased the meadow’s former peace” gives historical context; “War poets often set human violence against the indifferent movement of water”; “The river-name’s variant spelling reflects older English and French usage for the Yser”
Additional Notes
The name in the line "Of Iser, rolling rapidly" is a historical place-name spelling that most modern readers would not immediately recognize.; Found in the poem, Hohenlinden by Thomas Campbell
Also Known As
river Iser Iser River waterway stream
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