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ornate style

Style
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 highly decorative mode of poetic expression characterized by elaborate diction and figurative language

Detailed Definition
Ornate style in poetry emphasizes decorative excess—through elaborate metaphors, syntactic complexity, and sensory richness—over simplicity or directness, seeking to dazzle the reader with linguistic artifice and formal sophistication, as in the works of Crashaw or Gongora.
Example
Example in poetry:
Poetry from the late Baroque period, where extravagant and complex figures of speech were highly valued over simplicity and directness; Euphuism in prose (and its related poetic style) that employed elaborate balance, antithesis, and alliteration; The style of the English poet John Lyly, characterized by highly artificial and ornamental language; A style that uses an abundance of adjectives, similes, and metaphors, often layering them on top of one another.
Additional Notes
ornate style: A writing style characterized by elaborate, complex, and decorative language; it prioritizes richness and complexity over plainness or clarity; opposite of the plain style.
Also Known As
florid style elaborate manner decorative mode Aureation Baroque Euphuism Gongylism
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