Definition of lyric

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Lyric (a.) Alt. of Lyrica.

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Melic :: Melic () Of or pertaining to song; lyric; tuneful.
Lay :: Lay (a.) A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.
Lyric :: Lyric (n.) The words of a song.
Hymn :: Hymn (n.) An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thankgiving intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts' hymns..
Lyrical :: Lyrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.
Dithyramb :: Dithyramb (n.) A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain..
Opera :: Opera (n.) A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama..
Troubadour :: Troubadour (n.) One of a school of poets who flourished from the eleventh to the thirteenth century, principally in Provence, in the south of France, and also in the north of Italy. They invented, and especially cultivated, a kind of lyrical poetry characterized by intricacy of meter and rhyme, and usually of a romantic, amatory strain..
Lyrically :: Lyrically (adv.) In a lyrical manner.
Epode :: Epode (n.) The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe, -- the ancient ode being divided into strophe, antistrophe, and epode..
Lyric :: Lyric (a.) Alt. of Lyrica.
Lyric :: Lyric (n.) A composer of lyric poems.
Erato :: Erato (n.) The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.
Hymnic :: Hymnic (a.) Relating to hymns, or sacred lyrics..
Polyhymnia :: Polyhymnia (n.) The Muse of lyric poetry.
Pindaric :: Pindaric (a.) Of or pertaining to Pindar, the Greek lyric poet; after the style and manner of Pindar; as, Pindaric odes..
Lyric :: Lyric (n.) A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Tetracolon :: Tetracolon (n.) A stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four verses or lines..
Epode :: Epode (n.) A species of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one; as, the Epodes of Horace. It does not include the elegiac distich..
Ode :: Ode (n.) A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style..
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