Lyric poetry

Lyric poetry is usually a poem with rhyming that expresses personal feelings. It need not be (but can be) set to music. Aristotle, in Poetics 1447a, merely mentions lyric poetry (kitharistike) along with drama, epic poetry, dancing, painting and other forms of mimesis. The modern concept of a lyric poem, dating from the Romantic era, does have some thematic antecedents in ancient Greek and Roman verse, but the ancient definition was based on metr... more

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Year Award Award Winner Notes/Description
  • 1945
  • "for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world
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