expressing deep personal emotion; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet; as, the dancer's lyrical performance.
A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
A composer of lyric poems.
A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
is a poem of emotional intensity and expresses powerful feelings.
(OALD) adj. 1 (of poetry) expressing direct personal feelings. 2 of or composed for singing. n. 1 lyric poem. 2 (esp pl) words of a song, eg in a musical play.
A literary genre characterized by the assumed concealment of the audience from the poet and by the predominance of an associational rhythm distinguishable both from recurrent metre and from semantic or prose rhythm.
A song in a musical play or the words to that song. As an anjective, something meant to be sung.
the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"
a short poem of songlike quality
write lyrics for (a song)
used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano"
relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage"
of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way); "lyric poetry"
a fairly short, non-narrative poem presenting a single speaker who expresses a state of
a relatively short non-narrative poem in which the first-person
a short poem reflecting some personal emotion, like love or grief
a song-like poem which uses sensory details to express personal feelings
a song sung with a lyre and has Greek roots
Short, emotional poetry (lyric poetry). In English the chief example of the lyric poem is the sonnet. Lyric is so called because of its associations with song (compare "song lyrics"). The opposite of lyric is narrative poetry, for example the epic poetry of Homer, Virgil, Dante, or Milton. In classical thought, Erato was the Muse (compare "erotic") and Apollo with his lyre was the god of lyric poetry. Calliope was the Muse of epic poetry.
is the most broadly inclusive of all the various types of verse. It is strongly marked by imagination, melody, and emotion, and it creates for a reader a single, unified impression.
As in "lyric soprano," "lyric baritone," etc. A type of singing that is lighter in style and sound than a "dramatic."
The words to a song. In a singing and melodious manner.
(Gk. lyrikos 'of a lyre [¨1/2©Ô]'; §ç±¡¸Ö): A poem, brief and discontinuous, emphasizing sound and pictorial imagery rather than narrative or dramatic movement. Lyrical poetry began in ancient Greece in connection with music, as poetry sung for the most part to the accompaniment of a lyre.
A poem, such as a sonnet or an ode, that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet. A lyric poem may resemble a song in form or style.
Essentially free verse, with the intent of being put to music or sung or some such.
Originally poetry meant to be sung, accompanied by lyre or lute. The term now refers to poems that are short, concentrated in expression, personal in its subject matter, and songlike in quality, e.g. Remembrance Back to the top
Any fairly short poem in which a speaker expresses intense personal emotion, a state of mind or a process of perception, thought and feeling rather than describing a narrative or dramatic situation. Originally, the term "lyric" designated poems meant to be sung but today, the term is sometimes used to refer to any short poem. Note: Although the lyric is uttered in the first person, the "I" in the poem need not be the author.
literally meaning to be sung accompanied by the lyre, lyric has come to mean a short poem usually expressive of the poet's emotions.
a short, highly formal, song-like poem, usually passionate and confessional, often about love; a song expressing a private mood or an intense personal feeling. The sonnet and the ode are two specific types of lyric.
Poem especially suited to music.
A poem that expresses your thoughts and feelings and may resemble a song in form or style.