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The Farmer

Arthurian Legend
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 common laborer representing the agrarian foundation of Arthur’s realm, often symbolizing stability, toil, and the land’s bounty.

Detailed Definition
Farmers appear in background descriptions of peace. In poetry, they symbolize the foundation of civilization—their toil feeding knights and kings, their welfare reflecting the health of Arthur’s just rule.
Example
Example in poetry:
The Farmer appears in Arthurian margins as the common man sustaining the realm; A verse: “The Farmer’s plow turned soil where knights once dueled for glory”; Though unnamed, he represents the land’s quiet resilience; Poets use the Farmer to ground myth in earth and labor; The Farmer’s harvest feeds both feast and funeral; In elegy, his fields grow over Camelot’s ruins.
Additional Notes
The Farmer represents the common folk sustaining Camelot’s economy; rarely named, he grounds the myth in agrarian reality—poets may use him to critique chivalric elitism or to symbolize the land’s silent suffering during civil war.
Also Known As
Husbandman Plowman
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