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Frenzied 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

An intensely emotional, passionate short lyric marked by urgency, ecstasy, or psychological turbulence.

Detailed Definition
Frenzied lyric describes a poem characterized by intense emotional energy, rapid movement, and passionate expression. These works often employ irregular rhythms, urgent diction, and heightened language to convey overwhelming feeling or ecstatic experience.
Example
Example in poetry:
Wildly enthusiastic religious or celebratory verse; Poetry expressing uncontrolled joy or passion; Verse with frenzied emotional intensity; Ecstatic religious poetry celebrating divine presence
Additional Notes
Poetry expressing wild, unrestrained emotion or religious ecstasy, often with irregular rhythmic patterns.
Also Known As
Ecstatic ode Frenzied hymn Wild lyrical verse Dionysian ode
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