Lyric Poetry

Lyric poetry — which takes its name from songs accompanied by the lyre — is distinguished from dramatic and narrative poetry. Although the boundaries are flexible, most lyric poems are fairly short, and are often personal. Examples include the elegy and the ode.

From the Guide to Literary Terms by Jack Lynch.
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