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metallic 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 evoking hardness, sharpness, or industrial or martial sound

Detailed Definition
Metallic phrases clang with consonants and stark diction, suggesting war, machinery, or unyielding resolve; they convey rigidity, trauma, or resilience through sonic and imagistic austerity.
Example
Example in poetry:
The metallic phrase rang sharp as a struck bell; it had no warmth, only clarity; it cut through noise like a blade through silk; the metallic phrase is truth stripped of mercy.
Additional Notes
Metallic phrases evoke hardness, cold, or industrial sound: “The metallic phrase rang sharp as a struck bell”; they suggest emotional austerity, violence, or modernity; use plosives, sibilance, and fragmented syntax; avoid clichés—use specific metal: “the clang of a rusted gate,” “the hiss of steam on stone”; related to fiery phrase and stony phrase; effective in poems of war, loss, or alienation.
Also Known As
metallic imagery harsh phrase industrial phrase
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