Home › Glossary › Letter T

time description

Device
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

Want to hear it? Click the Listen button to hear the browser speak the word using text-to-speech!

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

Poetic language that describes or evokes time features or circumstances

Detailed Definition
Time description uses specific temporal markers—seasons, hours, historical dates, or biological rhythms—to situate experience within a temporal framework; it may contrast natural cycles with human time or use temporal detail to evoke mood, as in haiku’s kigo (season words) or elegies that anchor grief in the slow passage of days and years.
Example
Example in poetry:
“April’s soft rain tapped the roof like a lullaby” — seasonal time evoked through sound; “High noon baked the fields into gold” — time of day as sensory experience; “Twilight draped the hills in violet hush” — crepuscular description; “Midwinter’s breath froze the river mid-song” — temporal and thermal fusion
Additional Notes
time description|Any poetic language used to explicitly or implicitly convey the passage of time, duration, or a specific temporal setting (e.g., "three summers passed," "the eternal city," "dawn broke"); this contrasts with timeless or atemporal verse.
Also Known As
Time depiction Chronological description Temporal portrayal Chronographia
Skip to main content