tsl 3102 lyrical poem

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Lyric Poetry consists of a poem, such as a sonnet or an

ode, that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the

poet.

Does not tell a story which portrays characters

and actions.

The word lyric comes from the Latin lyricus"

meaning of or for the lyre. In lyric poetry, the mood

is musical and emotional.


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Addresses the reader directly, portraying his or her own

feeling, state of mind, and perceptions.

The speaker in a Lyric poem always uses

first person.

Some other forms of Lyric poetry are Odeand Elegy

Some of the best examples of lyric poetry are

sonnets.

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I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,And Mourners to and fro

Kept treading - treading - till it seemedThat Sense was breaking through -And when they all were seated,

A Service, like a

Drum -Kept beating - beating - till I thoughtMy Mind was going numb -And then I heard them lift a Box

And creak across my SoulWith those same Boots of Lead, again,

Then Space - began to toll,As all the Heavens were a Bell,

And Being, but an Ear,And I, and Silence, some strange

Race Wrecked, solitary, here -And then a Plank in Reason, broke,

And I dropped down, and down -And hit a World, at every plunge,

And Finished knowing - then -

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The speaker imagines that a funeral is taking place

inside her brain, and she can feel the mourners

pacing back and forth.

The mourners sit down, and the funeral service

begins. The drum-like beating of the service

makes her think her mind is going numb.


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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate.

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

And summer's lease hath all too short a date.Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimmed,And every fair from fair sometime declines,

By chance, or nature's changing courseuntrimmed.


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His sonnet is certainly the most famous in the

sequence of Shakespeares sonnets; it may be

the most famous lyric poem in English.

The poem is about an his feeling and thoughts on

everlasting beauty of her woman.


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Emily Dickinson (December 10, 1830May 15,1886).

Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful

family with strong community ties, she lived a mostlyintroverted and reclusive life.

Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by

correspondence.

She was "very bright" and "an excellent scholar andfaithful in all school duties".


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Dickinson was troubled from a young age by thethreaten of death, especially the deaths of those

who were close to her.

She became so melancholic that her parentssent her to stay with family in Boston to recover.

On June 16, 1874, while in Boston, EdwardDickinson suffered a stroke and died. When thesimple funeral was held in the Homestead's

entrance hall, Emily stayed in her room with thedoor cracked open. Neither did she attend thememorial service on June 28.


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A year later, on June 15, 1875, Emily's

mother also suffered a stroke, which

produced a partial lateral paralysis and

impaired memory.


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William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564; -23

April 1616) .

An English poet and playwright.

Widely regarded as the greatest writer in

the English language.


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Shakespeare's sonnets are a collection of

157 sonnets, dealing with themes such as

the passage of time, love, beauty and

mortality.

Other sonnets express the speaker's love

for a young man, brood upon loneliness,death, and the transience of life.


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One interpretation is that Shakespeare's

sonnets are in part pastiche or parody of

the three-centuries-old tradition

of Petrarchan love sonnets.


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EMILY DICKINSON (AMERICAN) vs WILLIAM

SHAKESPEARE (BRITISH)

1. Both writing were influenced by people who had close

relationship with them.2. Regard the death as something tramautize.

3. Write based on their personal experiences that

happened at that era/moment.

4. Portraying their personal thoughts and emotion.

5. The poems are not telling about sequence of event

instead it evokes their own perception.

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