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Witch’s Wrath

Folklore
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

The destructive fury unleashed by a witch when wronged, often manifesting as storms, plagues, or unnatural decay.

Detailed Definition
Witch’s Wrath in poetry embodies the consequences of silenced rage. It appears in feminist and mythic verse as the storm no man dared name—where the quiet woman becomes the tempest, and the world learns too late that kindness has limits.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Macbeth, the witch’s wrath is the storm that rises: “I have been in the air, / And I have been in the sea”; in Yeats’ “The Second Coming,” the witch’s wrath is the falcon’s flight away from the center; in Blake’s “A Poison Tree,” the wrath is the tree that bears the poisoned apple; in Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” the witch’s wrath is the curse on the sea; in Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy,” the witch’s wrath is the boot in the face of the father; in Robert Browning’s “The Laboratory,” the witch’s wrath is poured into the cup.
Additional Notes
Witch’s Wrath is the destructive fury unleashed by a witch when wronged, often manifesting as storms, plagues, or unnatural decay. In folklore, it is never random—it is justice. In poetry, it symbolizes the power of the silenced, the eruption of repressed rage, and the natural consequence of violation. Poets use it to frame catharsis, the return of the repressed, and the sacredness of vengeance.
Also Known As
Witch’s Fury Witch’s Rage
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