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Lyricism   /lˈɪrɪsˌɪzəm/   Listen
Lyricism

noun
1.
The property of being suitable for singing.  Synonyms: lyricality, songfulness.
2.
Unrestrained and exaggerated enthusiasm.





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... also that of the Reformation it was only natural a determined effort should sooner or later be made to use poetry for religious purposes. The earliest English hymn writing, our first devotional verse in the vernacular, belongs to this time, and a Catholic and religious school of lyricism grew and flourished beside the pagan neo-classical writers. From the tumult of experiment three schools disengage themselves, the school of Spenser, the school of Jonson, and ...
— English Literature: Modern - Home University Library Of Modern Knowledge • G. H. Mair


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