Literary roots

Lyric poems have a musical rhythm, and their topics often explore romantic feelings or other strong emotions. A lyric poem is narrated in the first person, it is short and the poet tries to express his/her personal feelings witha songlike quality. Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle created three distinctions of poetry: lyrical, dramatic, and epic. Lyric poetry originated in ancient Greek literature and was originally intended to be set to music, along with a musical instrument called a lyre, which looks like a small harp. The main Greek musician-poets were: Sappho, Pindar, Anacreon and Alcaeus.