Definition of Lyric Poetry

interpretation of Lyric Poetry Lyric Poetry consists of a poem, such(prenominal) as a sonnet or an ode, that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet. The term lyric is now commonly referred to as the words to a song. Lyric verse does not regularize a story which portrays characters and actions. The lyric poet addresses the reader directly, portraying his or her consume feeling, state of mind, and perceptions. Italian Sonnet by James DeFord, written in 1997 Turn prickle the heart youve turned away Give back your kissing breathLeave not my love as you have left The disordered hearts of yesterday But wait, be s bank, dont lose this way meat now, for what you guess May be something more, could be less Accept my love, drop dead for today. Written by William Shakespe are Sh completely I compare thee to a summers day? gram art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do throw the darling buds of May, And summers lease hath all too short a date. one-time(prenominal) to o hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold tinge dimmed, And any fair from fair sometime declines,By chance, or natures changing logical argument untrimmed. Poem by Emily Dickinson named I Felt a Funeral in my Brain. It describes a person who is going insane, or thinks they are I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, And Mourners to and fro Kept treading treading till it attended That Sense was breaking through And when they all were seated, A Service, like a Drum -Kept beating beating till I thought My Mind was going numb And then I heard them lift a Box And creak across my someone With those same Boots of Lead, again, Then Space began to toll,As all the Heavens was a Bell, And Being, notwithstanding an Ear, And I, and Silence, some strange Race Wrecked, solitary, here And then a fat in Reason, broke, And I dropped down, and down And hit a World, at every plunge, And Finished knowing then Nonsense Poetry Nonsense poetry is a form of poetry that many deal are well-known(prenominal) with, even if they didnt know they were reading gimcrack poetry. The many limericks (both family friendly, and otherwise) that people have read and heard over the years are a form of nonsense poetry.The works of Edward Lear are some of the finest examples of the form. So are the many classic nursery rhymes that we read to our children. Sometimes the language doesnt make obvious sense and other times the stories being told seem impossible or illogical. Either case can be a technique for writing nonsense poetry. Many of the works of Lewis Carroll are classics of the form. Ronald cajan pea is another writer who has entertained us with his strange tales. Words such as silly, strange, bizarre, illogical, whimsical, and fantastic are often used to describe nonsense poems.