Literary notes about Lyric (AI summary)
The term "lyric" in literature carries a diverse range of meanings. It often denotes poetry that expresses personal emotion or intimate sentiment, as in the brief, emotionally charged poems defined as reflections of love or grief ([1], [2]). At the same time, it highlights a musical quality—describing not only the expressive voice in verse but also compositions intended to be sung or performed with instrumental accompaniment ([3], [4], [5]). In certain discussions, "lyric" is used to distinguish specific formal features, such as particular metres or the expressive, melodious nature of language that bridges epic or dramatic forms ([6], [7]). This layered use underscores its role as a marker of both artistic temperament and technical composition in poetry and beyond ([8], [9]).
- A lyric is a short poem reflecting some personal emotion, like love or grief.
— from English Literature by William J. Long - Lyric poetry finds its source in the author’s feelings and emotions.
— from English: Composition and Literature by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster - No one remembers your exquisite face, Your lyric voice!
— from Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters - The lyric melody of a single voice, accompanied by instruments, is its proper form of composition.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various - Opera singing may be divided into two general classes, lyric singing and declamation or recitative.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Between the preliminary and the additional epic spectacle there is the dramatico-lyric present, the "drama" proper.
— from The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - The Octonarius is essentially a lyric metre, and is much less common than the Septenarius.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - He has kept longer than most poets the lyric glow; only in his later poems it is "emotion remembered in tranquillity."
— from John Greenleaf Whittier: His Life, Genius, and Writings by William Sloane Kennedy - The following is a list of the Horatian lyric metres:— 2719.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
