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Ecstatic lyric

Genre
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

Lyric poetry marked by rapture, intense feeling, or transcendent spiritual experience, often bordering on the sublime.

Detailed Definition
Ecstatic lyric describes personal poetry expressing intense joy, spiritual rapture, or overwhelming positive emotion. Characterized by heightened language, exclamatory syntax, and often rapid rhythm, this mode captures states of transport where normal restraint dissolves into expressions of profound elation or transcendence.
Example
Example in poetry:
Whitman's "Song of Myself" passages of transcendence; Rumi's poems of spiritual transport; Hopkins's poems of overwhelming devotion; Ginsberg's visionary moments
Additional Notes
Poetry expressing overwhelming emotion, spiritual transport, or visionary experience. Often characterized by exclamatory language, heightened diction, and intense imagery.
Also Known As
Rapturous lyric Exalted song Transcendent verse Dithyramb Tongues poetry
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