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Resurrection

Metaphysics
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

The belief in bodily or spiritual revival after death, often symbolizing hope, divine power, and the triumph over mortality.

Detailed Definition
Resurrection anchors metaphysical poetry’s eschatological vision, offering resolution to the fear of annihilation. Poets depict it as literal miracle or metaphorical renewal—of love, faith, or the soul—affirming that death is not end but transformation within divine economy.
Example
Example in poetry:
John Donne’s “Holy Sonnet IV” (“Oh, my black soul”) envisions resurrection as purification from sin; George Herbert’s “The Flower” uses seasonal rebirth as a metaphor for spiritual resurrection; Emily Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for Death” implies resurrection through the eternity of the final stanza; T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” references the Fisher King myth and Christ’s resurrection as symbols of cultural renewal; Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus” ironically reclaims resurrection as a performance of survival and defiance; Christina Rossetti’s “A Better Resurrection” pleads for spiritual awakening modeled on Christ’s rising.
Additional Notes
Resurrection in metaphysical poetry transcends literal bodily revival to signify spiritual awakening and eternal continuity; Donne’s “Death be not proud” redefines resurrection as immediate triumph over death through Christ’s victory, using paradoxical logic to collapse time and assert that “we wake eternally,” thereby transforming resurrection from future hope into present metaphysical reality that reorients the believer’s relationship to mortality and time.
Other Meanings of “Resurrection”
Also Known As
Bodily Resurrection Rising from the Dead Easter Hope Afterlife Restoration Rebirth
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