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prophetic

Adjective
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

Foretelling or predicting future events in a poetic or visionary style

Detailed Definition
Prophetic in poetry describes a mode that claims visionary insight into future events, moral truths, or societal trajectories, often adopting an authoritative, urgent, or apocalyptic tone; rooted in biblical and Romantic traditions, prophetic poetry—like that of Blake or Ginsberg—seeks to awaken, warn, or transform its audience through revelatory language.
Example
Example in poetry:
Poetry that deals with foretelling future events, often religious or socio-political in nature; William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell for its prophetic visions of revolution and change; A poem delivered in an oracular or highly authoritative tone, as if from a divine source; Verses that warn of impending disaster or promise a future utopia.
Additional Notes
prophetic: Poetry that is focused on foretelling the future, delivering divine or spiritual messages, or commenting on the moral and political state of a society with an air of profound authority; Blake and Whitman offer examples.
Also Known As
Visionary prophetic-voiced foretelling Fatidical oracular Vatic
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