How does a lyric poem differ from other types of poetry you know about? Cite at least two examples of contrasting types of poetry as evidence.

Lyric
poetry is a broad category of poetry that encompasses most of what the average person means when
they say the word "poetry." While a lyric poem doesn't have to be sung (it is not the
same as "lyrics"), most lyric poems are structured in rhythmic lines and stanzas,
usually with rhymes, so they sound somewhat like songs. Sonnets, odes, and elegies are examples
of genres that qualify as lyric poetry. Another defining characteristic of the lyric poem is
that it is usually written as the poet's reflection or in the voice of an assumed
persona.

With this in mind, we can examine some examples of poems that
qualify and do not qualify as lyric poetry. Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy
Evening" is lyric poetry. It consists of four rhyming stanzas in iambic tetrameter, spoken
as a reflection by the persona "I." Robert Frost's poem "Death of the Hired
Man" is not a lyric poem. It is a dramatic dialogue written inand features the voices of
two characters discussing a...

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