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ecstatic ode

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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 ode characterized by intense emotion, rapture, or spiritual exaltation

Detailed Definition
An ecstatic ode is a lyric poem of heightened emotional intensity, often celebrating divine inspiration, natural sublimity, or transcendent love through exuberant diction, irregular form, and rapturous imagery; it diverges from Pindaric or Horatian models by prioritizing spontaneous overflow over formal restraint, as in the works of Rumi or Walt Whitman.
Example
Example in poetry:
Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind,” invoking transformative power; Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself,” celebrating cosmic unity in rapturous tones; A poem beginning “O joy! O wild and whirling joy!” with cascading exclamations; A verse pulsing with urgency: “Dance! Sing! The stars are falling into our hands!”
Additional Notes
Ecstatic odes express rapture, transcendence, or overwhelming joy; they often use apostrophe (“O!”) and elevated diction—channel intense emotion without losing control of form.
Also Known As
Rapturous ode Transport lyric Frenzied hymn Exultant song Bacchic poetry exultation poem Frenzied lyric
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