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explicit: adj. I.a. Fully and clearly expressed, leaving nothing implied.
b. Fully and clearly defined and formulated.
2. Forthright and unreserved in expression.
[Latin explicitus, past participle of explicare, to unfold.]
 

lyric: adj. I.a. Of or relating to a category of poetry
that expresses subjective thoughts or feelings, often in songlike style or form.
b. Relating to or constituting a poem in this category.
c. Of or relating to a writer of poems in this category.
[French lyrique, of a lyre.]