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Title: Lyric poetry Authors: Venue: Wikipedia Year: unknown Canonical: wiki:lyric-poetry URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyric_poetry Collector: wikipedia OA: true ABSTRACT Modern lyric poetry is a formal type of poetry that expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in a first-person narrative. The term for both modern lyric poetry and modern song lyrics derives from a form of Ancient Greek literature, the Greek lyric, which was defined by its musical accompaniment, usually on an instrument known as a kithara, a professional-grade, seven-stringed lyre. These three are not equivalent, though song lyrics are often in the lyric mode and Ancient Greek lyric poetry was principally chanted verse.