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Jackson6612 Posted 15 years ago
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Lyric poetry a form of poetry with rhyming schemes

Lyric poetry a form of poetry with rhyming schemes that express personal and emotional feelings. In the ancient world, lyric poems meant played to the lyre. Lyric poems do not have to rhyme, and today do not need to be set to music or a beat. --- Wikipedia

The article first says in the past lyric poetry applied rhyming schemes. I have the trouble with the last bold sentence. I would have written it: Today lyric poems do not have to rhyme, and do not need to be set to music or a beat.

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Lyric poetry does not have to rhyme. It never did have to rhyme, although it usually does. If, on Wikipedia, you come across an obvious contradiction like the one in your example, the explanation is usually simple: Someone with a poor knowledge of the subject wrote part of the article.

  • Lyric poetry does not have to rhyme.
  • It never did have to rhyme, although it usually does.
  • If, on Wikipedia, you come across an obvious contradiction like the one in your example, the explanation is usually simple: Someone with a poor knowledge of the subject wrote part of the article.
  • Wikipedia is a tremendously useful resource, but, as the site can be edited by anyone, its articles sometimes contain significant contradictions.
  • Here's a definition of lyric poem from the Encyclopaedia Britannica: a verse or poem that is, or supposedly is, susceptible of being sung to the accompaniment of a musical instrument (in ancient times, usually a lyre) or that expresses intense personal emotion in a manner suggestive of a song.
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Lyric poetry does not have to rhyme. It never did have to rhyme, although it usually does.

If, on Wikipedia, you come across an obvious contradiction like the one in your example, the explanation is usually simple: Someone with a poor knowledge of the subject wrote part of the article. Wikipedia is a tremendously useful resource, but, as the site can be edited by anyone, its articles som

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