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time-code verse

Form
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

Verse that uses numerical or time-stamp markers as part of its poetic structure

Detailed Definition
Time-code verse incorporates explicit temporal markers—timestamps, dates, or clock notations—into its text to anchor poetic moments in real or imagined chronology; this technique, common in documentary or digital poetry, merges lyrical expression with archival precision, as in Claudia Rankine’s use of dated vignettes to map racial microaggressions over time.
Example
Example in poetry:
“03:14 AM — the cat yowls / 03:15 — I write your name” — timestamps structure narrative; “12.07.2020: streets empty, birds loud” — date as poetic line; “19:00 — sunset bleeds over rooftops” — military time anchoring imagery; “Epoch: 2023. Verse count: 42. Heartbeats: uncounted.” — meta time-code
Additional Notes
time-code verse|A sub-category of concrete or visual poetry where elements (like words or letters) are arranged or repeated in a sequence that suggests the counting or marking of time; a related term is chronological verse.
Also Known As
Coded time verse Chronometric poem Time-code lyric Chronogram
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