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torture

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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

Torture refers to severe physical or mental suffering, often used metaphorically in poetry to describe emotional pain.

Detailed Definition
Torture signifies severe physical or mental suffering, and in poetry, it is often used metaphorically to convey emotional anguish or distress. It captures the pain that can arise from love, particularly when it becomes obsessive or unrequited. In this poem, 'torture' is linked to the emotional suffering that can accompany love, as seen in the lines 'Nor play with torture—or a tortured mind.'
Example
Example in poetry:
Nor play with torture—or a tortured mind. suffering; enhanced: "Torture—or a tortured mind, avoid the game"; Plath: "Torture of creation"; contemporary: "Tortured psyche in confessional"; educational: "Torture mental/physical in dark lyric"; "Play not with tortured depths."
Additional Notes
The term 'torture' emphasizes the emotional pain that can be associated with love.; Found in the poem, What Is Love? by Thomas Paine
Also Known As
anguish torment exquisite pain rack of suffering
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