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Ecstatic

Mood
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

A mood of transcendent joy, spiritual rapture, or overwhelming awe, often conveyed through luminous imagery, elevated diction, and soaring rhythm.

Detailed Definition
Ecstatic mood in poetry expresses transcendent bliss or divine union, often through hyperbolic imagery, rhythmic intensity, and mystical diction; it appears in Sufi poetry, Romantic odes, or visionary lyrics—like those of Rumi or Hopkins—where language strains to capture ineffable experience, dissolving boundaries between self and cosmos in a surge of emotional and spiritual energy.
Example
Example in poetry:
In “Ode to a Nightingale,” Keats’ speaker is ecstatic in imagining flight with the bird; Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” bursts with ecstatic celebration of the self and universe; In “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,” Wordsworth’s heart dances with ecstatic joy at the daffodils; Emily Dickinson’s “I taste a liquor never brewed” conveys ecstatic intoxication with nature; Rumi’s poetry often expresses ecstatic union with the divine; In “The Tyger,” Blake’s awe borders on ecstatic wonder at creation’s ferocity.
Additional Notes
Ecstatic mood denotes overwhelming, transcendent joy or rapture; often signaled by exclamations, hyperbole, and cosmic imagery—e.g., Rumi or Whitman; closely linked to rapturous, euphoric, and enraptured moods; useful for mystical or epiphanic moments; more intense than blissful or joyful.
Also Known As
Rapturous Overjoyed Euphoric Transported Elated Blissful Rhapsodic
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