Lyric Lyric

Lyric - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Ballad, Ballade, Book, Canso, Chanson, Clerihew, Dithyramb, Eclogue, Elegy, Epic, Epigram, Epithalamium, Epode

Lyric can have a number of meanings.

  • A lyric (from the Greek) is a song sung with a lyre. Now, it is commonly used to mean a song of no defined length or structure.
  • A lyric poem is one that expresses a subjective, personal point of view. 
 I would be the Lyric
 Ever on the lip,
 Rather than the Epic
 Memory lets slip.
   —Thomas Bailey Aldrich
  • Lyrics are the written words in a song.
  • Lyric is a classification of the human voice in classical singing. The adjective describes a quality and range at the upper end of the given voice part, e.g. lyric soprano.
  • Lyric is a commonly used name for RTE Lyric FM
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Example Usage of Lyric
rob_foot: There must be an apt Muse Lyric somewhere to describe my feelings at the moment
pablofamoso: i said i wrote my own favourite Lyric then they got mad at me. | i lost a fan that day. what a tragedy.
GParamour: Surprised?Seems model only rhymes w/ bottle in 2009 also. RT @sirmuMsila:have a baby by me,b a millionaire.That's a Lyric in 2009 really?
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