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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..

Lyrical :: Lyrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.

Poetry :: Poetry (n.) Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively; as, heroic poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry..

Polyhymnia :: Polyhymnia (n.) The Muse of lyric poetry.

Melic :: Melic () Of or pertaining to song; lyric; tuneful.

Pindaric :: Pindaric (a.) Of or pertaining to Pindar, the Greek lyric poet; after the style and manner of Pindar; as, Pindaric odes..

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..

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..

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

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..

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..

Romance :: Romance (n.) A short lyric tale set to music; a song or short instrumental piece in ballad style; a romanza.

Erato :: Erato (n.) The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.

Rondeau :: Rondeau (n.) A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number of rhymes recurring also by rule..

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

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

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

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

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

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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