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Lyric Poetry (1896) Henry Oliver Walker, in the Library of Congress 's Thomas Jefferson Building. Modern lyric poetry is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person. [ 1]
It allows the poet to stress certain words and shape the meaning of the poem. There are two main divisions within the meters of ancient Greek poetry: lyric and non-lyric meters. "Lyric meters (literally, meters sung to a lyre) are usually less regular than non-lyric meters. The lines are made up of feet of different kinds, and can be of varying ...
Sappho ( / ˈsæfoʊ /; Greek: Σαπφώ Sapphṓ [sap.pʰɔ̌ː]; Aeolic Greek Ψάπφω Psápphō; c. 630 – c. 570 BC) was an Archaic Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. [ a] Sappho is known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung while accompanied by music.
Sappho Inspired by Love 1775, Angelica Kauffmann.The text Sappho is writing in this painting comes from lines 25–26 of the Ode to Aphrodite. The Ode to Aphrodite (or Sappho fragment 1 [a]) is a lyric poem by the archaic Greek poet Sappho, who wrote in the late seventh and early sixth centuries BCE, in which the speaker calls on the help of Aphrodite in the pursuit of a beloved.
Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. – William Wordsworth (1802) " I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud " (also sometimes called " Daffodils " [ 2]) is a lyric poem by William Wordsworth. [ 3] It is one of his most popular, and was inspired by an encounter on 15 April 1802 during a walk ...
An ode (from Ancient Greek: ᾠδή, romanized : ōidḗ) is a type of lyric poetry, with its origins in Ancient Greece. Odes are elaborately structured poems praising or glorifying an event or individual, describing nature intellectually as well as emotionally. A classic ode is structured in three major parts: the strophe, the antistrophe, and ...
Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems is a collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first published in 1798 and generally considered to have marked the beginning of the English Romantic movement in literature. [ 1] The immediate effect on critics was modest, but it became and remains a landmark, changing the ...
Lyricism. Lyricism is a term used to describe a piece of art considered to have deep emotions. [1] Its origin is found in the word lyric, derived via Latin lyricus from the Greek λυρικός ( lurikós ), [2] the adjectival form of lyre. [3] It is often employed to relate to the capability of a lyricist.