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Lyric Essays: Writing That Sings

From the Greek lyre," a lyric poem expresses a writer's thoughts and feelings through the intimacy of the first-person narrator, evoking a strong emotional reaction in the audience. Professor Cognard-Black demonstrates the similarities between a lyric poem and a lyric essay and shares a moving example of a lyric piece written by one of her own students that uses memory fragments and figurative language to synthesize experience into a kind of mosaic. A lyric essay does not focus on telling a chronological story, but instead is meant to share, vividly, the impressions that create a mood or an idea."

English
  • Originally Aired June 24, 2016
  • Runtime 29 minutes
  • Network The Great Courses
  • Created August 22, 2019 by
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  • Modified December 21, 2021 by
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