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Temporal lyric

Genre
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 lyric poem preoccupied with the passage, measurement, or experience of time

Detailed Definition
Temporal lyric is poetry that meditates on time—its passage, fragmentation, or cyclical nature—using seasonal imagery, clock metaphors, or historical juxtapositions to explore memory, mortality, or anticipation; it often blends personal chronology with cosmic or cultural timelines.
Example
Example in poetry:
John Clare’s “I Am” captures temporal lyric through present-tense isolation; T.S. Eliot’s “Burnt Norton” explores time’s fluidity in temporal lyric; W.S. Merwin’s “Yesterday” contrasts past and present in temporal lyric; Louise Glück’s “The Wild Iris” uses seasonal cycles to frame temporal lyric of death and rebirth.
Additional Notes
Temporal lyric engages explicitly with time—past memory, present moment, or future anticipation; often uses calendar references or seasonal imagery.
Also Known As
Chronological lyric time-bound verse temporal song moment-marked poem dated lyric temporal poem
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