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Indulgence poetry

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

Verse celebrating or critiquing excess, luxury, or overconsumption

Detailed Definition
Indulgence poetry explores themes of sensory pleasure, emotional excess, or moral laxity, often celebrating desire, luxury, or transgression with lush imagery and rhythmic opulence; historically linked to Cavalier or Decadent movements, it challenges puritanical norms by affirming the body and worldly experience as poetic subjects.
Example
Example in poetry:
Verse describing indulgence in food or luxury; Bacchic odes to wine; Decadent poetry reveling in excess; Poems of the Romantics about sensual pleasure
Additional Notes
Indulgence poetry: A descriptive, sometimes critical, term for poetry that focuses excessively on sensory pleasure, emotional excess, or unrestrained personal feeling, sometimes at the expense of thematic discipline or broader relevance.
Also Known As
luxury verse indulgent poetry pleasure poetry decadent lyric Abligurition verse
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