Definition of Lyric Poetry

The Poetry Lyrical is that poetic style that is characterized especially because its Author express, either feelings very deep or intense reflection on some question.

Basically, what lyric poetry transmits are states of mind product of, for example, a state of absolute introspection that later led to that intense communication of feelings or reflections, that is, it is a gender in which what prevails is subjectivity.

For that matter of constantly expressing feelings and inner states of the writer, the lyrical poetry really makes a cult of love and love themes, but it is not limited only to the expression of the same, of course it cannot be denied that it is the subject that the authors most frequently monopolize, however, any other expression of emotions of the author, even not having to do with a sentimental reason, will also be considered as lyrical poetry, grief, failure, fear, loneliness, among other issues.

Is manifestation emotions and feelings is not done raw but suffers from a serious and strict purge both aesthetics as a technique, then, that is why formally the most outstanding feature of this is that it is written in the form of verse. But the verse is not the only way to communicate a poetry, also many authors resort to poetic prose, in which of course dispenses with the form of verse but the other characteristics that make the writing an authentic poetry.

Among the main elements that come together in the assembly of lyrical poetry, the following stand out: expression of feelings, accumulation of images and elements with a high value symbolic, brevity, concentration, density, usually written in the first person.

Some faithful exponents of this type of Poetry are Rubén Darío, Federico García Lorca, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer and Antonio Gala, among others.

Serpent of love, treacherous laugh,
executioner of dreams and light,
perfumed dagger, fiery kiss ...
That's what you are!