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The definition of lyrical is a literary or creative work that can be sung, or is a literary work that is the author's feelings or emotions in an enthusiastic way. Poems by Wordsworth are an example of lyrical poems. lyrical. lyrical.
It is perhaps no coincidence that a contemporary definition of lyric is the words of a popular song (OED), since in both poetry and music the words are illogically connected for sound not meaning. Drama has likewise had to redefine itself so that theatricality remains its essence (Fried; see objecthood).