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pure poetry

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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

Poetry valued for its aesthetic and musical qualities rather than message or content

Detailed Definition
Pure poetry is a theoretical ideal emphasizing aesthetic autonomy, where language, sound, and form are valued for their intrinsic qualities rather than narrative, didactic, or referential functions; associated with Symbolists like Mallarmé, it seeks to evoke emotion through suggestion, musicality, and imagistic density, transcending mundane reality.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poem whose subject is the sound of the words and the arrangement of the forms, having no explicit moral or didactic purpose (e.g., Symbolist poetry); A lyric focused solely on evoking a specific, unparaphrasable emotion through imagery and rhythm; A verse that rejects narrative and philosophical meaning, aiming only for aesthetic perfection (e.g., Mallarmé's "Un Coup de Dés"); A poem appreciated solely for its musicality, color, and formal beauty, with its meaning being secondary
Additional Notes
pure poetry: Poetry that aims for aesthetic beauty and musicality alone, often seeking to avoid didacticism, narrative, or clear intellectual statement; emphasizes sound, image, and evocative feeling over explicit meaning.
Also Known As
Absolute poetry pure verse poetry for its own sake Art for art's sake
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