Saturday, July 10, 2010

The 25 Lyric Modes?

With a nod toward Georges Polti's The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations, I have been wondering if anyone might like to help me formulate a taxonomy of the lyric modes (or moods) (or authorial stances) perhaps beginning with these:

Anger
Astonishment
Atonement
Complaint
Curiosity
Depiction of or Appreciation of Beauty
Depiction of or Deprecation of Ugliness
Exultation
Fury
Historical Narration
Humor
Joy
Love
Narration
Outrage
Praise
Regret
Sadness

Sarcasm
Wry Wit

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