Lyric Poetry

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This subfield studies shorter poems, often with a musical or rhythmic quality, such as sonnets or odes.

Literary Classicism: This is a literary movement that emphasizes the virtues of order, balance, and harmony in art.
Meter and Rhyme: This refers to the rhythmic and rhyming patterns used in lyric poetry.
Meter and Foot: This is the basic unit of measurement for rhythmic patterns in lyric poetry.
Stanzas and Lines: This refers to the basic structures of lyric poetry.
Figurative Language: This refers to the use of metaphor, simile, and other literary devices in lyric poetry.
Imagery: This refers to the use of vivid and evocative language to create images in the reader's mind.
Poetic Forms: This refers to the different types of lyric poetry, including sonnets, ballads, and odes.
Poetic Devices: This refers to the various tools and techniques used to create a more powerful and effective poem.
Themes: This refers to the underlying messages or ideas in lyric poetry.
Tone: This refers to the attitude or mood conveyed by the poet in their poetry.
Symbolism: This refers to the use of symbols to represent certain ideas or concepts in lyric poetry.
Allusion: This refers to the use of references to other works of literature or historical events in lyric poetry.
Intertextuality: This refers to the relationship between different poems and how they relate to each other.
Culture and History: This refers to the social and historical context in which lyric poetry was written.
Literary Criticism: This refers to the study of the meaning and interpretation of lyric poetry.
Sonnets: Sonnets have 14 lines and are commonly used for love poems.
Odes: Odes are a type of lyrical poem that celebrates or praises an event, person, or thing.
Elegy: An Elegy is a mournful poem that lament a departed person or expresses sadness, sorrow, or mourning.
Haiku: Haiku are short poems with three lines that originated in Japan. They often describe nature, seasons or a simple moment.
Ghazal: Ghazals are poetry that originated in the Persian language and are often used to express love, pain, or loss.
Villanelle: Villanelle is a kind of poem with 19 lines that has two repeated lines throughout the poem.
Ballads: Ballads are narrative poems that tell a story, often with a simple melody.
Rondeau: Rondeau is a type of French poetry that has a refrain and has 13 lines.
Epigrams: Epigrams are short poems with a witty, satirical or humorous message that leaves an impact on readers.
Sestina: Sestina is a complex type of poetry composed of a 39-line poem with six stanzas and one envoy. Sestina has a complex end-word system where the last words of each line are reused in different ways.
Pantoum: Pantoum is a kind of poetry originating from ancient Malaysia. It is made up of a series of quatrains with repeated verses.
"Modern lyric poetry is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person."
"It is not equivalent to song lyrics, though song lyrics are often in the lyric mode."
"The term for both modern lyric poetry and modern song lyrics derives from a form of Ancient Greek literature, the Greek lyric."
"Ancient Greek lyric poetry was principally limited to song lyrics or chanted verse."
"The term derives from a form of Ancient Greek literature, the Greek lyric, which was defined by its musical accompaniment."
"Usually on a stringed instrument known as a kithara, a seven-stringed lyre (hence 'lyric')."
"Lyrical, dramatic, and epic."
"Lyric poetry is one of the earliest forms of literature."
"Personal emotions or feelings."
"Typically spoken in the first person."
"Modern lyric poetry is not limited to song lyrics or chanted verse with musical accompaniment like Ancient Greek lyric poetry."
"Aristotle developed a division among three broad categories of poetry."
"Dramatic and epic."
"The Greek lyric was defined by its musical accompaniment, usually on a stringed instrument known as a kithara."
"The term owes its importance in literary theory to the division developed by Aristotle among three broad categories of poetry."
"Expresses personal emotions or feelings."
"It is not equivalent to song lyrics, though song lyrics are often in the lyric mode."
"Lyric poetry is one of the earliest forms of literature."
"Modern lyric poetry expresses personal emotions or feelings, while Ancient Greek lyric poetry was limited to song lyrics or chanted verse."
"A seven-stringed lyre known as a kithara."