Lyrics in English Literature

Lyrics in english literature.

1. LYRICS .

2. Presented By: Areeba Aftab Sahiba Rajput Yusra Naeem Zahra Gul

3. INTRODUCTION The word “lyric” comes from the Latin word “ lyricus " meaning “of the lyre ”. Lyric is a type of poetry which conveys intense feelings or profound thoughts . Lyrics are always expressive. Mood of lyrical poems is musical and emotional. They are often sung while being accompanied by a musical instrument. According to Robert Frost: “Poetry is when an emotion has found thought and when the thought has found words.”

4. THREE MAJOR TYPES SONNET This lyric poem follows a strict rhythmic scheme and revolves around the subjects of love; and lover's suffering and hope. ODE Ode is a long lyric poem with series of subjects written in elevated style. ELEGY Elegy is a formal lament for death of a person.

5. ELIZABETHAN AGE The time period of Elizabethan age is from 1558 to 1603 . It is the golden age for “lyrics” “Age of Shakespeare ” the most popular themes were Love, religion and nature. The lyrics are in every mood, sometimes even mocking and melancholy. But the common mood is gay and merry.

6. ELIZABETHAN POETS important Elizabethan poets are Edmund Spenser, Philip Sidney, Walter and Christopher Marlow. Elizabethan songs and lyrics were published in collections. Greene, Lodge, Drayton, Campion, Daniel, Dyer etc.

7. VICTORIAN ERA This genre was meant to be simple and short and easily absorbable while the poets of Victorian era found it complex and difficult to authentically express and understand. The poets began to cherish the writers of the romantic period for their ability to reach the genuineness of lyrical voice and used the works of poets such as Wordsworth for inspiration. As they were unable to cover the originality of the lyric, Victorians poets often mixed up their genres, so the lyric became merged with other forms such as the dramatic monologue or “dramatic lyric ”.

8. Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shallot” It is one of the most well-known poems from the Victorian era. Includes a variety of poetic forms such as the lyrics, lyrical ballad and a form of the dramatic monologue. It is aesthetically pleasing and contains a melodic rhythm that puts the poem in lyrical format.

9. MODERN LYRICS In the beginning, English poets such as A. E. Housman, Walter de la Mare, and Edmund Blunden used the traditional lyric form. the modern poets like T.S Eliot, Ezra Pound and William Carlos William rejected the traditional style of lyric poems. “free verse” T.S. ELIOT: “It is a logic of emotions that does not need to be confined to traditional forms .”

10. MODERN LYRIC THEMES Modern poets wrote poems on diverse variety of subjects . They wrote about the appreciation of nature. on the subject of religion and mysticism. Marked with note of humanitarianism and democratic feeling. destructive aspects of the wars on humans. In the late 20th century, the lyrical poetry focused more on domestic life and love issues

11. COMPARISON BETWEEN DIFFERENT ERAS: In Elizabethan period, lyrics flourished like other genres of Literature . The melancholic lyrics from Elizabethan period then refined and attained a polished form in the Victorian era. Later , in the Modern times, it became free-versed breaking all the traditional norms and rules of Lyrical poetry . Lyric is a dominant form of poetry which kept an assertive formation in all times.