RHAPSODY

[noun] [C] [formal] - a speech or piece of writing that contains powerful feelings and enthusiasmThe novel is highly emotional and yet does not contain any of those extravagant rhapsodies that often spoil the works of descriptive writers.(specialized) A rhapsody is also a piece of music which has no formal structure and which expresses powerful feelings.One of my favourite pieces of music is Rachmaninov's 'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini'.If you go into rhapsodies about/over something, you express enthusiasm and admiration for it.She went into rhapsodies over the chocolate cake.(UK) Some Americans go into rhapsodies when they hear an English accent.