Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Emotions -- What feelings do the poems we've read bring out?

from http://www.sonoma.edu/users/s/swijtink/teaching/philosophy_101/paper1/listemotions.htm

abandoned
acceptance
adoration
affection
aggravated
agitated
agressive
alert
amazed
ambitious
amused
anger
animosity
annoyed
anticipation
anxiousness
appreciative
apprehensive
ardent
aroused
ashamed
astonished
attraction
attraction (intellectual)
attraction (spiritual)
awed
betrayed
bewildered
bitter
bliss
blue
boastful
bored
breathless
bubbly
calamitous
calm
camaraderie
cautious
cheerful
cocky
cold
collected
comfortable
compassionate
concerned
confident
confused
contempt
content
courageous
cowardly
crafty
cranky
crazy
cruelty
crummy
crushed
curious
cynical
dark
dejected
delighted
delirious
denial
depression
desire
despair
determined
devastated
disappointed
discouraged
disgust
disheartened
dismal
dispirited
distracted
distressed
dopey
down
dreadful
dreary
eager
ecstatic
embarrassed
emotional-detest
empathic
emptiness
enchanted
enigmatic
enlightened
enraged
enthralled
enthusiastic
envy
euphoric
excited
exhausted
expectation
exuberance
fascinated
fear
flabbergasted
fight-or-flight
foolish
frazzled
frustrated
fulfillment
furious
giddy
gleeful
gloomy
goofy
grateful
gratified
greedy
gray
grief
grouchy
grudging
guilty
happy
hate
heartbroken
homesick
hopeful
hopeless
horrified
hostile
humiliated

humored
hurt
hyper
hysterical
indignation
infatuation
infuriated
inner peace
innocent
insanity
insecure
insecure
inspired
interest
intimidated
invidious
irate
irritability
irritated
jaded
jealousy
joy
jubilant
kind
lazy
left out
liberated
lively
loathsome
lonely
longing
love
lovesick
loyal
lust
mad
mean
melancholic
mellow
mercy
merry
mildness
miserable
morbid
mourning
needed
needy
nervous
obsessed
offended
optimistic
outraged
overwhelmed
pacified
pain
panicky
paranoia
passion
pathetic
peaceful
perturbation
pessimistic
petrified
pity
playful
pleased
pleasure
possessive
pride
provoked
proud
puzzled
rage
regretful
relief
remorse
resentment
resignation
resolved
sadness
satisfied
scared
Schadenfreude

scorn
selfish
sensual
sensitive
shame
sheepish
shocked
shy
sincerity
solemn
somber
sorrow
sorry
spirited
stressed
strong
submissive
superior
surprised
sweet
sympathetic
temperamental
tense
terrified
threatened
thrilled
tired
tranquil
troubled
trust
tormented
uncertainty
uneasiness
unhappy
upset
vengeful
vicious
warm
weary
worn-out
worried
worthless
wrathful
yearning
zesty