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Noble lyric

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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 lyric poem marked by elevated diction, moral seriousness, and dignified tone

Detailed Definition
Noble lyric elevates personal emotion through dignified diction, classical allusion, and formal control, avoiding sentimentality by balancing vulnerability with restraint; it draws from neoclassical and Romantic traditions to convey profound feeling without self-indulgence, emphasizing universality, moral reflection, and aesthetic discipline.
Example
Example in poetry:
Noble lyric elevates subject with dignified tone, as in Milton’s “Lycidas”: “Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise”; In “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” Keats writes nobly: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty”; Another: “Though empires fall and stars grow cold, / the human heart still seeks the light”
Additional Notes
Noble lyric elevates personal emotion through dignified diction, classical allusion, and formal control; avoids sentimentality by balancing vulnerability with restraint and intellectual depth.
Also Known As
Elevated verse Dignified song Aristocratic poem chanson royale Elevated subjective verse Heroic lyric
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