Powerpoint #1: Lyric Poetry

-the poet/persona ruminating about the world

-based on the “lyre” and the tradition of the bard; musical and laced with internal rhyme

-often centered on a semi-autobiographical “I”

-establishes strong & rich closure

-image-based, referential

-authoritative; the narrator revealing secrets of the world and humanity

-structured on image patterns and movement of thought

-usually 1/2 page to 1 1/2 page

-often emotionally driven

-often, especially as love poetry, addressed to a specific listener and implying a specific site of enunciation