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voice phrase

Phrase
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

An expression focusing on the act, quality, or metaphor of speaking or singing

Detailed Definition
Voice phrases explore identity through utterance, whether silenced, amplified, or transformed; they ask who speaks, to whom, and with what authority, making vocal presence central to poetic selfhood.
Example
Example in poetry:
Voice phrase: The tone that carries the soul; the inflection that betrays the lie; the cadence that remembers the mother; the voice phrase is the fingerprint of the spirit.
Additional Notes
Voice phrases focus on the act of speaking: “The tone that carries the soul”; they treat voice as metaphor for identity, truth, or power; use auditory imagery and metaphor: “a voice like cracked ice”; related to vocal phrase, inner voice, and true phrase; ideal for poems of testimony, erasure, or reclamation.
Also Known As
speech motif utterance phrase vocal expression
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