(_a_) Oriental lyrical poetry
[Vital absorption in the object. Objective character as
compared with pure romantic. Hymns of exaltation. Metaphor,
image, and simile particularly favoured. Present in Chinese,
Hindoo, Hebrew, Arab and Persian poetry]
(_b_) The Lyric of the Greeks and Romans
[General character that of classic individuality.
Image and metaphor not so largely used. Emphasizes mainly on
the sensuous verbal quantity in the rhythm of its movement.
The dance not unfrequently attached. Point of departure
hymns. Elegiac measure. The lyric of the chorus. Pindar.
Roman lyric less original]
(_c_) Romantic Lyric.
[In certain nations epic material treated as lyrical
narrative. Lyric composition of modern nations still pagan.
In the Christian Middle Ages. That based on the principle of
Protestantism. Klopstock and his influence]