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ruby-dye

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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

A rich, deep red color resembling a natural ruby; used in descriptive poetry to depict lips, wine, dawns, or spilled blood.

Detailed Definition
This compound describes a vivid red tint, evoking the color of a ruby. In the poem it suggests the swan’s trail is stained with a rich red glow: "ruby-dye thy track".
Example
Example in poetry:
“And brim, brim o’er / With love, and ruby-dye thy track,” uses ruby-dye for a vivid blood-red stain; ruby imagery commonly joins colour with jewel-like brightness; “the sunset ruby-dyed the snow” makes the compound descriptive; in darker contexts, ruby-dye can suggest wounds or sacrifice
Additional Notes
The hyphenated color expression in the quoted line is unusual and poetic, so readers may not immediately know how to interpret it.; Found in the poem, The Dying Swan by T. Sturge Moore
Also Known As
crimson hue ruby tint scarlet dye
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