Home › Glossary › Letter P

pattern

Craft Terms
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

Want to hear it? Click the Listen button to hear the browser speak the word using text-to-speech!

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

Pattern is the repeated or arranged design of sound, rhythm, image, or form in a poem, often creating structure, emphasis, and meaning.

Detailed Definition
In poetry, pattern refers to the deliberate arrangement of recurring elements such as meter, rhyme, stanza shape, imagery, or repeated phrasing. In a craft-based reading, it can also suggest the way a poem is “made” from interconnected parts, much like a woven or decorated textile. Pattern matters because it gives the poem coherence while also allowing variation, tension, and surprise.
Example
Example in poetry:
A sonnet’s regular rhyme scheme and meter create a clear pattern, while a poem such as George Herbert’s “Easter Wings” uses its visual shape as part of the pattern of meaning.
Additional Notes
The word comes from the idea of a model or design to be copied, which makes it especially apt for craft language. In poetry, it overlaps with terms such as form, structure, repetition, and rhythm, but pattern is broader because it can include sound, visual layout, and thematic recurrence. It is also useful in discussions of weaving imagery, where pattern can mean both the literal design of cloth and the figurative design of a poem.
Also Known As
design motif template model Gestalt
Skip to main content