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Rapturous verse

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

Poetry expressing intense joy, ecstasy, or spiritual transcendence

Detailed Definition
Poetry expressing intense joy, spiritual ecstasy, aesthetic rapture, or overwhelming positive emotion through elevated language and fervent tone. Rapturous verse conveys transcendent experiences, profound happiness, or spiritual elevation through passionate expression. This poetry can be religious, erotic, aesthetic, or philosophical, characterized by emotional intensity, exalted diction, and celebration of overwhelming feeling.
Example
Example in poetry:
Rapturous verse expresses ecstatic joy or spiritual transport: Whitman’s “Song of Myself”: “I sing the body electric!”; Rumi’s Sufi poetry: “You are the source of my spirit”; Contemporary example: “Sunlight floods the room— / I am dissolved in gold”; In Romantic odes: “My heart leaps up when I behold”; Such verse uses hyperbole, exclamation, and fluid syntax; It often addresses the divine or beloved directly.
Additional Notes
Poetry expressing intense joy, ecstasy, or spiritual rapture. Characterized by elevated language and extreme positive emotion. Can be religious, erotic, or aesthetic in focus. Creates sense of transcendence or overwhelming feeling.
Also Known As
ecstatic verse joyful poetry exultant lines euphoric composition ecstatic poetry
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