Synonyms for lyric
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : lir-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪr ɪk |
Définition of lyric
Origin :- "a lyric poem," 1580s, from Middle French lyrique "short poem expressing personal emotion," from Latin lyricus "of or for the lyre," from Greek lyrikos "singing to the lyre," from lyra (see lyre). Meaning "words of a popular song" is first recorded 1876. Related: lyrics.
- adj musical
- From the beginning to the end of his career he was as much a lyric poet as a dramatist.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- "Hamlet," on the other hand, is almost a lyric; there is no counterpoise to the student-prince.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- In considering it we should come to an understanding of the nature of lyric, the purpose of this essay.
- Extract from : « The Lyric » by John Drinkwater
- Such a poem must have its own immortality in lyric literature.
- Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting
- He wrote a thesis on the lyric poetry of our country comparing it with that of Europe.
- Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
- The morning was lyric and set our hearts piping as we climbed the canyon.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- But it is as a writer of the lyric proper that Lyly is best known.
- Extract from : « John Lyly » by John Dover Wilson
- This work, then, becomes states of fancy dramatized in lyric metre.
- Extract from : « Adventures in the Arts » by Marsden Hartley
- This lyric and the following are printed from the author's MSS.
- Extract from : « The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. » by Various
- The oli was in strict sense the lyric utterance of the Hawaiians.
- Extract from : « Unwritten Literature of Hawaii » by Nathaniel Bright Emerson
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