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Reverent

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

A mood expressing profound respect, often tinged with awe, reverence, or spiritual humility.

Detailed Definition
Reverent mood in poetry conveys humility before the divine, nature, or moral ideals, using elevated diction, solemn rhythm, and sacred imagery; it appears in devotional verse, hymns, or nature poetry—like Hopkins’s “Pied Beauty”—where wonder and submission intertwine, creating a space for contemplation of the sublime and the sacred in everyday life.
Example
Example in poetry:
In “The Lamb,” William Blake expresses reverent awe for divine creation; In “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” Keats admires art with reverent wonder; In “Dover Beach,” Matthew Arnold laments lost reverent faith; Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” shows reverent celebration of the sacred ordinary; Mary Oliver’s “The Summer Day” ends with reverent questioning about life’s purpose; In “The Peace of Wild Things,” Wendell Berry finds reverent solace in nature.
Additional Notes
Reverent mood expresses deep respect or awe, often sacred; signaled by elevated diction, hushed tone, and ritual imagery—e.g., devotional or nature-as-divine poems; related to solemn, pensive, and rapt moods; distinct from ecstatic in its humility.
Also Known As
Awe-inspired Devout Respectful Worshipful Humble Solemn reverentiall
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