Poetry Modes Flashcards
1
Q
Narrative
A
A poem that simply tells a story
Milton’s Paradis Lost
Ballads like “sir Patrick Spens”
2
Q
Discursive
A
It is an idea poem
expounds on a topic
questions that go with this will about the theme and the way structure develops it
Whitman’s “Song of Myself”
3
Q
Imagistic
A
Almost all poems have imagery, but sometimes it is just image like hardcore haiku JUST IMAGERY no plot no moral just imageray IMAGERY TO THE MAX LIKE POWER THIRST
4
Q
Lyric
A
Songlike
Rhythm and Meter
Song: to Celia
camptown races
