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Lyric Poetry (1896) Henry Oliver Walker, in the Library of Congress's Thomas Jefferson Building.. Modern lyric poetry is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person. [1]
The Nine Lyric or Melic Poets were a canonical group of ancient Greek poets esteemed by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria as worthy of critical study. In the Palatine Anthology it is said that they established lyric song. [1] They were: Alcman of Sparta (choral lyric, 7th century BC) Sappho of Lesbos (monodic lyric, c. 600 BC)
Ibycus (/ ˈ ɪ b ɪ k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἴβυκος; fl. 2nd half of 6th century BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet, a citizen of Rhegium in Magna Graecia, probably active at Samos during the reign of the tyrant Polycrates [1] and numbered by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria in the canonical list of nine lyric poets.
Archilochus (/ ɑːr ˈ k ɪ l ə k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀρχίλοχος Arkhílokhos; c. 680 – c. 645 BC) [a] was a Greek lyric poet of the Archaic period from the island of Paros. He is celebrated for his versatile and innovative use of poetic meters, and is the earliest known Greek author to compose almost entirely on the theme of ...
While generally favouring the Epicurean lifestyle, the lyric poet is as eclectic as the satiric poet, and in Odes 2.10 even proposes Aristotle's golden mean as a remedy for Rome's political troubles. [83] Many of Horace's poems also contain much reflection on genre, the lyric tradition, and the function of poetry. [84]
Apr. 15—Before the sun rises over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Tommy Archuleta has already been putting pen to paper for hours. The practice is akin to meditation for the native Santa Fean.
Simonides of Ceos (/ s aɪ ˈ m ɒ n ɪ ˌ d iː z /; Ancient Greek: Σιμωνίδης ὁ Κεῖος; c. 556 – 468 BC) was a Greek lyric poet, born in Ioulis on Ceos. The scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria included him in the canonical list of the nine lyric poets esteemed by them as worthy of critical study.
Rabia Balkhi (10th c.), Persian poet, She is the first known female poet to write in Persian; Jean Racine (1639–1699), French dramatist; Branko Radičević (1824–1853), Serbian lyric poet; Leetile Disang Raditladi (1910–1971), poet from Botswana; Sam Ragan (1915–1996), US poet, journalist and writer