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Exulting

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 triumphant joy or exultation, often through dynamic verbs, exclamatory phrasing, or radiant imagery of victory and celebration.

Detailed Definition
Exulting mood in poetry expresses jubilant victory through dynamic rhythm, expansive imagery, and celebratory tone; it appears in odes, liberation verse, or personal epiphanies—like Whitman or Angelou—where the speaker’s joy is not private but proclaimed, transforming individual success into a universal anthem of resilience, freedom, or divine grace.
Example
Example in poetry:
In “Ode to the West Wind,” Shelley is exulting in the wind’s transformative force; In “Song of Myself,” Whitman exults in the joy of existence and unity; In “Still I Rise,” Maya Angelou exults in defiance and resilience; In “The Tyger,” Blake exults in the majesty of creation; Emily Dickinson’s “I taste a liquor never brewed” exults in natural ecstasy; In “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” Keats exults in art’s eternal joy.
Additional Notes
Exulting mood (active participle) emphasizes ongoing, vocal celebration or triumph; conveyed through present-tense verbs, exclamations, and dynamic imagery; closely tied to exultant, jubilant, and triumphant moods; effective in choral or performative poetry.
Also Known As
Exultant Jubilant Celebratory Triumphant Elated
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