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Lyric Poetry

Lyric Poetry. Mining Subjects for Word Choice. The Lyre. Stringed instrument that can be plucked or strummed Hollow sound box in the bottom ampilifies the sound Most often associated with ancient Greece and used to accompany recitations

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Lyric Poetry

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  1. Lyric Poetry Mining Subjects for Word Choice

  2. The Lyre • Stringed instrument that can be plucked or strummed • Hollow sound box in the bottom ampilifies the sound • Most often associated with ancient Greece and used to accompany recitations • Greeks associated the lyre instrument with balance and moderation • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viMbnj_Ei2A&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ults-y3ZA-g&feature=related • (at 7 minutes in )

  3. Lyric poetry • Originally a lyric poem was a poem sung to the music of a lyre • Is now a poem expressing the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker • Often written in first person (“I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree”) • Unlike ballads, lyric poetry does not have to tell a story • Unlike ballads, lyric poetry does not have to rhyme or follow a particular form (can be free verse)

  4. “Root Cellar” by Theodore Roethke Nothing would sleep in that cellar, dank as a ditch,Bulbs broke out of boxes hunting for chinks in the dark,Shoots dangled and drooped,Lolling obscenely from mildewed crates,Hung down long yellow evil necks, like tropical snakes.And what a congress of stinks!Roots ripe as old bait,Pulpy stems, rank, silo-rich,Leaf-mold, manure, lime, piled against slippery planks.Nothing would give up life:Even the dirt kept breathing a small breath.

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