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wrought

Verb
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

To shape or create something, often used in a literary or archaic context.

Detailed Definition
The term 'wrought' is the past participle of 'work' and is often used in a literary or poetic sense to indicate something that has been shaped or created with effort. In the poem, 'wrought a silence' suggests a deliberate and profound stillness, enhancing the imagery of winter's quiet. This usage may be unfamiliar to readers who primarily encounter the modern form 'worked.'
Example
Example in poetry:
“When the frost / Has wrought a silence” uses wrought as the past participle of work, meaning made or produced; “wrought iron” similarly means iron shaped by labor; Tennyson’s crafted monuments and Keats’s urns invite associations with things artistically wrought; “Grief had wrought new rooms in him” shows how the verb can describe inward change
Additional Notes
The word 'wrought' is an archaic form that may not be recognized by many readers today, as they are more accustomed to the simpler 'worked'.; Found in the poem, On the Grasshopper and Cricket by John Keats
Also Known As
Fashioned Created Formed
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