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Ecstatic verse

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

Poetry that aims to induce ecstatic religious or emotional states

Detailed Definition
Ecstatic verse expresses transcendent joy, spiritual rapture, or overwhelming emotion through elevated diction, expansive imagery, and rhythmic intensity; it seeks to transport both poet and reader beyond ordinary perception into states of awe or divine union.
Example
Example in poetry:
Ecstatic verse: Rumi’s lines: “Dance, when you’re broken open. / Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off.”—frenzied, transcendent language expressing spiritual rapture.
Additional Notes
Poetry emphasizing intense emotional or spiritual transport, often through rhythm, repetition, and heightened language. Related to incantatory verse and mystical poetry. Found in religious verse, Beat poetry, and Sufi traditions. Study rapture's expression through form.
Also Known As
Rapturous verse Trance poetry Transcendent lines Mystical verse Dionysian poetry Rhapsody Bacchic lyric
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