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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.

Lyrically :: Lyrically (adv.) In a lyrical manner.

Tetracolon :: Tetracolon (n.) A stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four verses or lines..

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..

Lyric :: Lyric (a.) Alt. of Lyrica.

Lyrical :: Lyrical (a.) Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet..

Alcaic :: Alcaic (a.) Pertaining to Alcaeus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c..

Lyrist :: Lyrist (n.) A musician who plays on the harp or lyre; a composer of lyrical poetry.

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..

Lay :: Lay (a.) A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.

Hymnic :: Hymnic (a.) Relating to hymns, or sacred lyrics..

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..

Hymnology :: Hymnology (n.) The hymns or sacred lyrics composed by authors of a particular country or period; as, the hymnology of the eighteenth century; also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or religious body; as, the Anglican hymnology..

Lyricism :: Lyricism (n.) A lyric composition.

Lyric :: Lyric (n.) A composer of lyric poems.

Lyric :: Lyric (n.) A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.

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..

Lyric :: Lyric (n.) The words of a song.

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