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Sanguine

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

Sanguine describes an optimistic, hopeful mood—even amid adversity—conveyed through warm imagery, forward-looking diction, and resilient tone.

Detailed Definition
Sanguine mood in poetry conveys cheerful confidence through warm imagery, steady rhythm, and hopeful diction; it appears in recovery poems, spring lyrics, or affirmations of faith—like Dickinson or Neruda—where the poet chooses optimism as an act of will, using language to envision renewal and possibility even amid adversity, offering resilience as a quiet form of heroism.
Example
Example in poetry:
In “The Peace of Wild Things,” Wendell Berry finds sanguine solace in nature; In “Still I Rise,” Maya Angelou expresses sanguine resilience; Emily Dickinson’s “Hope is the thing with feathers” presents hope as a sanguine presence; In “The Road Not Taken,” Frost’s speaker chooses with sanguine uncertainty; Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese” offers sanguine reassurance; In “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” Keats admires sanguine, eternal beauty.
Additional Notes
Sanguine mood suggests cheerful optimism, especially in adversity; conveyed through bright imagery, forward-looking verbs, and resilient tone—e.g., post-crisis reflections; closely tied to hopeful, buoyant, and confident moods; historically linked to the “blood” humor in classical theory.
Also Known As
Optimistic Hopeful Confident Cheerful Buoyant Blood red
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