Heart-stirring

Fits when energy and collective enthusiasm rise sharply

Careful Rousing is too forceful for quiet tenderness.

Fits when excitement and suspense dominate the response

Careful Thrilling misses moral admiration or tenderness.

Fits when the experience leaves people more hopeful

Careful Uplifting can smooth over anger or grief that gives the work its power.

Fits when emotion encourages hope or purposeful action

Careful Inspiring can become empty unless the action or idea is named.

Fits when deep feeling matters more than energy

Careful Moving can describe grief and does not necessarily inspire action.

Fits when restrained prose needs to acknowledge genuine emotional force

Careful Affecting is cooler and less energetic than heart-stirring.

Fits when beauty is sharpened by sadness or loss

Careful Poignant adds sorrow that a triumphant heart-stirring scene may not contain.