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

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..

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..

Lyric :: Lyric (n.) A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Pastoral :: Pastoral (n.) A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life.

Song :: Song (n.) A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music; a ballad.

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

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

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..

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

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