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unravished

Adjective
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

Untouched, pure, and unviolated; famously immortalized in Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn" ("Thou still unravished bride of quietness").

Detailed Definition
Unravished is a rare literary word meaning not touched or not taken. In the poem it suggests the silences remain pure and untouched, as if no one has disturbed them.
Example
Example in poetry:
“And all the unravished silences belong” (Roethke); Unravished snow lay untouched across the field; The unravished grove had not been cut or claimed; In older poetic usage, “ravished” can mean seized or violated; Thus “unravished” stresses intactness, purity, or freedom from intrusion
Additional Notes
"Unravished" is an uncommon literary adjective, and the quoted line uses it in a figurative sense that many readers may need to look up.; Found in the poem, The Green River by Alfred Douglas
Also Known As
untouched pristine unspoiled
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