lyric poetry
First-person song-verse
Lyric poetry is verse expressing personal emotion or reflection, typically in the first person.
The term comes from ancient Greek songs accompanied by a lyre.
Unlike narrative or dramatic poetry, lyric poetry doesn't tell a story—it captures a moment, mood, or feeling: Her lyric poetry explored grief and longing.
Sonnets, odes, and elegies are lyric forms.
- songMusical piece with words
- SapphoAncient Greek woman poet
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
- verseMetered poetic passage
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
sung verse · rhyme · ode · aubade · carpe diem · troubadour · Romanticism · musicality · first person · prosody · elegy · apostrophe · personal expression · inner life · emotional truth · heartfelt words · Petrarch · literary tradition
- Clemens BrentanoPonce de Leon
- Spanish Romanticismromantic drama, romantic heroes, emotional expression, tragic love, individualism
- Trouvere Poetrychanson, lai, roman, ballade, rondeau
- literaturebooks, book, fiction, stories, novels
- literary formsnovel, novels, novella, short story, short stories
- poetrypoem, poems, verse, verses, rhyme
lyric poetryepic poetry
Extended narrative in verse
epic · dramatic poetry · ballad · mock-epic · saga
lyric poetrytechnical writing
Clear explanation of complexity
chronicle · reportage · documentary · legal writing · data
lyric poetryprose
Unversified language
prose fiction · novel · essay · technical writing · academic writing
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