Lyric+poem
41literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
42Poems by Edgar Allan Poe — This article lists all known poems by American author and critic Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849), listed alphabetically with the date of their authorship in parentheses. Contents 1 An Acrostic (1829) 2 Al Aaraaf (1829) …
43I syng of a mayden — The Annuciation depicted by Mariotto Albertinelli, C.15 I syng of a mayden (sometimes titled As Dewe in Aprille ) is a Middle English lyric poem or carol of the 15th century celebrating the Annunciation and the Virgin Birth of Jesus. It has been… …
44Dover Beach — For other uses, see Dover Beach (disambiguation). Dover Beach is a short lyric poem by the English poet Matthew Arnold.[1] It was first published in 1867 in the collection New Poems, but surviving notes indicate its composition may have begun as… …
45Tears, Idle Tears — is a lyric poem written in 1847 by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892), the noted Victorian era English poet. Published as one of the songs in his The Princess (1847), it is regarded for the quality of its lyrics. A Tennyson anthology describes the …
46elegy — /el i jee/, n., pl. elegies. 1. a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, esp. a funeral song or a lament for the dead. 2. a poem written in elegiac meter. 3. a sad or mournful musical composition. [1505 15; ( < MF) < L elegia < Gk elegeía, orig …
47ode — /ohd/, n. 1. a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion. 2. (originally) a poem intended to be sung. Cf. Horatian ode, Pindaric ode. [1580 90; < MF < LL oda < Gk oidé, contr.… …
48Lyrics — (in singular form lyric) are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their… …
49Proserpine (play) — Proserpine [ Proserpine may either be pronounced pro ser pine , rhyming with wine , or pro ser pin ee , rhyming with metonymy .] is a verse drama written for children by the Romantic writers Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley. Mary wrote the… …
50Ewald, Johannes — born Nov. 18, 1743, Copenhagen, Den. died March 17, 1781, Copenhagen Danish poet and dramatist. By age 19 he was becoming known as a writer. At 30, addicted to alcohol, he adopted a more solitary life and began producing his mature works,… …
