The Lyrical Voice

The lyrical voice in poetry has been associated with music since antiquity. In today's world,

the lyrical voice uses poetic techniques such as alliteration, assonance, rhythm and rhyme

to attain musicality in the poem. Lyricism does not particularly speak of the poet's personal

experiences, accentuating the "I" of the poem but can and usually does refer to natural

beauty and the poet's engagement with it as it may refer to his communion with the pastoral

beauty through which he feels elated as in Wordsworth's and Coleridge's "Lyrical Ballads."

William Blake's lyricism adds a satirical note to his relation with the natural world, its

injustice towards the weak and the evil that it hides. His "Songs of Innocence and

Experience" points out the dichotomy existing within Nature and its repercussions

on the human spirit. So, the lyrical voice is not a narcissistic one but rather one that

can reflect the poet's serious commitment to nature and the psychological aspect of life.