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resonant

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

Describing poetry with rich, lingering sound qualities that create echoes and reverberations

Detailed Definition
Having rich, full sound quality characterized by acoustic depth and sonic richness. Resonant poetry, lines, or individual words produce full-bodied sounds with harmonic overtones and acoustic presence. This quality opposite of thin or flat sound, creating poems with sonic weight and auditory impact, particularly effective in oral performance.
Example
Example in poetry:
Resonant describes lines with lingering sonic or emotional effect; Keats’ “Ode to a Nightingale”: “Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!”; Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy”: “Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I’m through”; modern example: Ocean Vuong’s “Aubade with Burning City” uses Saigon radio song for historical resonance; resonant lines echo beyond their syntax; they’re central to lyric and elegiac poetry.
Additional Notes
Having rich, full sound quality. Poetry with acoustic depth and sonic richness. Can refer to voice, particular lines, or entire poems. Opposite of thin or flat acoustic quality.
Also Known As
sonorous acoustically rich full-sounding sonically deep Echoic
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