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non-temporal

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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 poetic mode or quality that transcends linear time, evoking timelessness, simultaneity, or mythic rather than chronological experience.

Detailed Definition
Non-temporal poetry resists linear chronology, instead presenting time as cyclical, suspended, or fragmented, often using mythic, dreamlike, or atemporal imagery to explore eternal themes or psychological states outside conventional historical or narrative sequencing.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poem focused purely on spatial description, like a detailed painting or map; A lyric that describes a pure, timeless state of being or consciousness; A section of a poem where the verbs are all in the present tense and no sequence of events is implied; A philosophical verse that describes abstract principles that exist outside of time;
Additional Notes
non-temporal: Referring to an idea or state of being that exists outside of time or is not subject to the passage of time; a concept often explored in philosophical or transcendental poetry.
Also Known As
timeless beyond time Atemporal
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