Types Of Poetry: Poetry Flashcards
Is a verse usually brief, which focuses on the emotions or thoughts of the speaker.
Lyric
Is a lyric poem having fourteen rhymed lines usually written in iambic pentameter.
Sonnet (Type of Lyric)
Has an eight-line beginning called the OCTAVE, and a six-line conclusion called the SESTET.
The feelings expressed in the octave often contract with those expressed in the sestet. It rimes abba-abba-cde-cde.
Petrarchan Sonnet-Italian (Type of Sonnet)
English is a lyric poem of lines written in iambic pentameter with three quatrains and concluding a couplet.
It rimes abab-cdcd-efef-gg.
Shakespearean Sonnet (Type of Sonnet)
Is a lyric poem which expresses mourning, usually over the death of an individual.
Epitaph is another word for this.
Elegy (Type of Lyric)
Is a complex and often lengthy lyric poem written in a dignified formal style on some serious subjects.
Ode (Type of Lyric)
Is a short lyric intended to be sung. It can be secular which has no religious theme.
Song (Type of Lyric)
Is a short descriptive pictorial or meditative poem.
Simple Lyric (Type of Lyric)
Is a lyric poem that narrates a story.
This poem can be as long as an epic and it can be as short as a popular ballad.
Narrative
Is a narrative poem that usually centers on a single important character who embodies the values of a particular society.
Epic (Type of Narrative)
Is a narrative poem that depends on regular verse patterns and strong rhymes for its effect.
Have a lot of action and adventure and most are tragic.
Ballad (Type of Narrative)
Originated as anonymous songs and are passed orally before being written down.
Folk Ballad (Type of Ballad)
Is composed by known writers and it may or may not be sung.
Literary Ballad (Type of Ballad)
Is a poetry in which one or more characters speak.
Dramatic Poetry
Is a special kind of dramatic poem.
Dramatic Dialogue
