Lyrical poem registration#
No prior registration or fee is required. Muske-Dukes will read and discuss one poem of her own which was, in some way, influenced by Plath. Braziller and his guest, Carol Muske-Dukes, will look closely at the poems of Sylvia Plath, focusing on "Daddy," "Edge," "The Arrival of the Bee Box," "Elm," "The Moon and the Yew Tree," and "Words." The principal emphasis will be on the emotional and psychological life of the poems themselves. Any conscious effort on his part makes the lyrics look unnatural and artificial.The course will be taught by Michael Braziller, the Publisher of Persea Books, an independent literary press he co-founded in 1975, and which is devoted almost exclusively to educational and poetry titles. He sings effortlessly because he must, because of the inner urge for self-expression. The lyric poet sings in strains of unpremeditated art. Spontaneity is another important quality of a lyric. The lyric at its best is poignant, pathetic and intense,Ħ. It comes directly out of the heart of the poet, and so goes directly to the heart of the readers. Like fire, the intensity of the poet’s emotion burns out the non-essentials, all attention is concentrated and the basic emotion and the gain in poignancy are enormous. The best lyrics are the expressions of intensely felt emotions. It is characterized by intensity and poignancy. Such lyrics are also more elaborate than the ordinary lyric.ĥ. Such an intellectual analysis of emotion is an important characteristic of the metaphysical lyrics of the early 17 century. This gives the lyric a hard intellectual tone. The best lyrics are emotional in tone, a poet may not express merely his emotions, he may also analyze them intellectually. A lyric is always an expression of the moods and emotions of a poet. Various devices are used by poets to enhance the music of their lyrics.Ĥ.
Verbal-music is an important element in its appeal and charm. In moments of intense emotional excitement, the poet may be carried away by his emotions and the lyric may develop along entirely different lines.ģ. Such is the development of a lyric in general. The last and concluding part is in the nature of a summary or it embodies the conclusion reached by the poet.
Then the poet gives us the thoughts suggested by that particular emotion. It deals with a single emotion which is generally stated in the first few lines.
It is a short poem, characterized by simplicity in language and treatment.Ģ. The chief qualities of a good lyric are as follows:ġ. There is also the reflective lyric in which the element of thought becomes prominent, and the poet philosophizes on human life and human experiences. We have the convivial or bacchanalian lyric The lyric which skims the lighter things of life, as in the so-called verse de Societe the lyric of love in all its phases, and with all its attendant hopes and longings, joys and sorrows, the lyric of patriotism of religious emotion: and countless other kinds of lyrics. In the course of time, this musical accompaniment of the lyric was dropped and the word came to signify any short poem or song expressing the personal emotions and experiences of the poet.Ī lyric may embody any kind of emotion. In the beginning, the word 1yric’ was used for any song meant to be sung with the lyre, a stringed musical instrument known to the Greeks. When moved by some intense emotion, love, hatred, joy, sorrow, wonder, admiration, etc., man has always expressed himself in a poetic language, and this accounts for the early appearance of the lyric among all peoples. Man has always liked to pour out his intensely-felt feelings and emotion, and hence the lyric is among the earliest forms of poetry to be written in the literary history of any people. The lyric is the commonest kind of poetry of self-expression.
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