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Recall-inducing figure

Device
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 figurative device—such as a symbol, image, or motif—deliberately crafted to evoke personal or cultural memories in the reader.

Detailed Definition
Figurative language specifically designed to stimulate memory, recall, or remembrance through metaphor, simile, symbol, or other tropes that resonate with personal or cultural memory. These devices help make abstract concepts of memory concrete and shareable, creating bridges between poet's experience and reader's own capacity for recall, common in memorial poetry where successful figures allow others to participate in remembering what they may not have directly experienced.
Example
Example in poetry:
Recall-inducing figure appears in Proustian madeleine moments: Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” triggers memory via daffodils; modern example: Ocean Vuong’s “Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong” uses “rice” to evoke maternal memory; this figure uses sensory detail to unlock past; it’s common in elegy and lyric; recall-inducing figure bridges personal and collective memory.
Additional Notes
Figurative language designed to stimulate memory or recall. Can use metaphor, simile, or symbol. Common in memorial and commemorative poetry.
Also Known As
Memory metaphor Recall trope Remembrance figure Recollective device Ekphoric image
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