Lyric+poem

  • 111ghazal — ▪ Islamic literature also spelled  Ghazel, Gasal, or Gazel,         in Islāmic literature, genre of lyric poem, generally short and graceful in form and typically dealing with themes of love. As a genre the ghazal developed in Arabia in the late… …

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  • 112Manrique, Jorge — ▪ Spanish poet and soldier born 1440, probably at Paredes de Nava, Castile [now in Spain] died March 27, 1479, in front of Castle Garci Muñoz, near Calatrava, Spain       Spanish soldier and writer, best known for his lyric poetry.       Manrique …

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  • 113Lullay, mine liking — Madonna and Child in a 14th century wall painting, Oxfordshire. Lullay, mine liking is a Middle English lyric poem or carol of the 15th century which frames a narrative describing an encounter of the Nativity with a song sung by the Virgin Mary… …

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  • 114ci (tz’u) poetry —    The term ci (or tz’u) meant “song lyric.” Ci poetry was a form of Chinese verse in which a poet composed a lyric poem that could be sung to a popular melody. It was a form that had its origin in popular music, but developed into a vehicle for… …

    Encyclopedia of medieval literature

  • 115epode — /ˈɛpoʊd/ (say epohd) noun 1. a kind of lyric poem, invented by the Greek poet Archilochus (about 650 BC), in which a long verse is followed by a short one. 2. the part of a lyric ode following the strophe and antistrophe. {French, from Latin… …

  • 116ep|ode — «EHP ohd», noun. in classical verse: 1. a lyric poem in which a long line is followed by a shorter one, a form used by Horace. 2. the part of a lyric ode following the strophe and antistrophe. ╂[< French épode, learned borrowing from Latin… …

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  • 117vir|e|lay — «VIHR uh lay», noun. 1. an old French form of short lyric poem with two rhymes to a stanza, the first two lines forming a refrain, repeated at intervals. 2. any one of several similar forms, especially one consisting of longer and shorter lines,… …

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  • 118song — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sang; akin to Old English singan to sing Date: before 12th century 1. the act or art of singing 2. poetical composition 3. a. a short musical composition of words and music b. a collection of such… …

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  • 119Robert Desnos — (4 July 1900 8 June 1945), was a French surrealist poet who played a key role in the surrealistic movement of his day. Biography Robert Desnos was a son of a café owner. He was born in Paris on 4 July 1900. Desnos attended commercial college, and …

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  • 120Englands Helicon — is an anthology of Elizabethan lyric poems compiled by John Flasket, and first published in 1600. There was an enlarged edition in 1614. The poets involved cannot all be identified, since there are a number of poems marked as anonymous : they do… …

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