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Passionate

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

Describing a mood of intense emotion—whether love, anger, or zeal—marked by fervor, urgency, and expressive force.

Detailed Definition
Passionate mood in poetry conveys burning feeling through urgent rhythm, vivid imagery, and emphatic diction; it appears in love sonnets, revolutionary verse, or spiritual lyrics—like Donne or Neruda—where emotion is not passive but active, transforming language into a force that demands engagement, belief, and shared intensity from the reader.
Example
Example in poetry:
In “Ode to the West Wind,” Shelley’s passionate plea shows poetic fervor; In “Daddy,” Sylvia Plath’s intense metaphors express passionate trauma; In “If We Must Die,” Claude McKay urges passionate resistance; In “Song of Myself,” Whitman’s catalogues radiate passionate celebration; Emily Dickinson’s “Wild Nights – Wild Nights!” expresses passionate longing; In “The Second Coming,” Yeats’ apocalyptic vision conveys passionate intensity.
Additional Notes
Passionate mood conveys intense emotion, whether love, anger, or conviction; signaled by emphatic rhythm, vivid imagery, and direct address—e.g., sonnets or protest poems; related to fervent, zealous, and ardent moods; distinct from ecstatic in its sustained, directed energy.
Also Known As
Ardent Fervent Zealous Intense Emotional Fierce Rhapsodic Rajasic amorous
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