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Exultant

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

Expressing a mood of ecstatic, triumphant joy—often exuberant and outwardly expressive—conveyed through elevated diction or dynamic imagery.

Detailed Definition
Exultant mood in poetry expresses jubilant victory or ecstatic praise, often through soaring rhythms, hyperbolic diction, and expansive imagery; it appears in odes, national anthems, or spiritual hymns—like those of Blake or Whitman—where the poet channels collective or personal triumph, transforming emotion into a force that uplifts and unites through sheer expressive power.
Example
Example in poetry:
In “Ode to the West Wind,” Shelley exults in the wind’s regenerative power (“Be thou, Spirit fierce, / My spirit!”); In “Song of Myself,” Whitman exults in democratic unity and self-celebration; In “Still I Rise,” Maya Angelou exults in ancestral strength and resilience; In “The Tyger,” Blake exults in the fearful symmetry of creation; Emily Dickinson’s “I taste a liquor never brewed” exults in natural intoxication; In “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” Keats exults in art’s eternal beauty.
Additional Notes
Exultant mood conveys triumphant joy, often after struggle; signaled by bold declarations, elevated diction, and victory imagery—e.g., post-battle or liberation poems; closely related to triumphant, jubilant, and overjoyed moods; more active and vocal than serene or content tones.
Also Known As
Jubilant Triumphant Overjoyed Elated Exulting Exulted Rhapsodic
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