I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a lyric/narrative/epic etc poem (= a poem in a particular style )
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the epic Greek poem, The Odyssey
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■ NOUN
poem
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The relation between these elements and terms, and the lyric poem , is then discussed.
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It is the interrelationship of these points that enables the analysis of deixis in the genre of the lyric poem to proceed.
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In the discourse of the lyric poem it is unlikely that we can ascribe indexical meaning to symbolic elements of deictic terms.
poet
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He had a good ear for language, and was a talented scholar, translator, and lyric poet .
poetry
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His idiosyncratic usage is at once fascinating for analysis and a warning against making unwary generalisations about lyric poetry .
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Few critics join Ortega in refusing women even the conditions necessary to write lyric poetry on sentimental themes.
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Bakhtin is unusual among literary critics in making the focus of his activity the novel rather than lyric poetry or drama.
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There are no special deictic terms or elements to be found in lyric poetry .
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Folk-song is the direct ancestor of lyric poetry , and the simplest artistic form that unites the Apolline and the Dionysiac.
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In sum, lyric poetry is dependent on the spirit of music, while music itself is independent of language.
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Thus we can see that the discourse of lyric poetry is by no means unusual in its mobilisation of deixis.
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Within literary discourses, it seems that lyric poetry is the genre least likely to assist us.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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lyric poetry
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a lyric soprano
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Few critics join Ortega in refusing women even the conditions necessary to write lyric poetry on sentimental themes.
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Freni traditionally epitomized poignancy and lyric charm, tinged with a measure of sensuality.
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His idiosyncratic usage is at once fascinating for analysis and a warning against making unwary generalisations about lyric poetry.
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More and more instruments took up the melody, drowning out the frail lyric line.
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There are no special deictic terms or elements to be found in lyric poetry.
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This runs freely at the end of the lyric composition as finally the speaker explicitly asserts his capacity to sing for love.
II. noun
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■ NOUN
song
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He wrote song lyrics used in sketches by light entertainers such as Jack Hulbert.
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The singer of popular song lyrics is a storyteller, and must communicate that story line in a personal, intimate way.
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All this talk about who fancied who was too silly, like Beatles' song lyrics , the stuff of day-dreams.
■ VERB
write
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Many were written to lyrics by Montaine.
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Roma, his wife, writes the lyrics .
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He wrote song lyrics used in sketches by light entertainers such as Jack Hulbert.
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Neuter nouns ending in o take a. He wrote the lyrics of a popular song.
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The fact that Enya does not write her own lyrics is sometimes astonishing.
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Q.. Who writes your music and lyrics ?
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The children from Enstone village school helped the police launch the new campaign, even writing new lyrics for a favourite tune.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As is usual with Levellers, the lyrics are political.
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Because she sang with such a sweet voice, and the lyric was such a heavy lyric, it made it darker.
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For any composer thinking of setting her lyrics, however, Sappho is still a challenge.
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His lyrics take in many facets of relationships, including their positive and negative sides.
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In fact, the sound is so wonderfully persuasive that it supersedes the logic of the lyrics.
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Moreover, Morrissey's falsetto wail soars above and beyond the bad music criticism languishing in his lyrics.
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Slashes break up paragraphs / like lines of lyrics / and choruses repeat and blur / like a gentle remix.