Lyric

13 works

13 works of Lyric in the Western literary canon — ranked by Gröblé, with difficulty, length, and influence at a glance.

Lyric, Ranked

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99Sappho's Poems Sappho~600 BCAncient GreeceHardQuick443212LyricAncient Greek
127The Odes of Horace Horatius23 BCAncient RomeGruelingMedium3683410LyricLatin
146Canzoniere Francesco Petrarca~1374MedievalEasyQuick171813LyricItalian
The Complete Poems Ben Jonson1616Poets—Epic634——LyricEnglish
The Complete English Poems John Donne1633Poets—Epic679——LyricEnglish
Shakespeare's Sonnets William Shakespeare1609PoetsGruelingQuick121——LyricEnglish
Psalms David~500 BCBible—Short267——LyricHebrew
Song of Solomon Solomon~300 BCBible—Quick17——LyricHebrew
Prayer of Manasses Unknown~150 BCBibleHardQuick3——LyricAncient Greek
The Complete Poems William Blake1827Poets—Epic1,071——LyricEnglish
William Wordsworth, Selected Poems William Wordsworth1815Poets—Medium352——LyricEnglish
The Complete Poems Andrew Marvell1681Poets—Medium336——LyricEnglish
The Temple George Herbert1633Poets—Medium336——LyricEnglish