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What is a rhapsody?

What is a rhapsody? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An ancient Greek epic poem (or part of one) suitable for uninterrupted recitation.
  2. (obsolete) A random collection or medley; a miscellany or confused string of stories, words etc.
  3. An exalted or exaggeratedly enthusiastic expression of feeling in speech or writing.
  4. (music) An instrumental composition of irregular form often incorporating improvisation.
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A more modern concept understands a rhapsody to be an ecstatic, high-flown or strongly emotional utterance or literary work.
The strange songs he would sing during his morning shower were a constant source of bemusement to all who had the luxury of hearing his rhapsody.
A few notes from the rhapsody of praise composed in his honour in his lifetime should be enough to whet new curiosity.
To my surprise she laughed, the sound bubbling forth from her throat in a musical rhapsody.
Elsewhere, a rhapsody about Roughgarden's own experience as an embryo turns gushingly cosmic.
The poem of Fingal, he said, was a mere unconnected rhapsody, a tiresome repetition of the same images.

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