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POETRY

- A language arranged in lines with regular rhythm, meter and often with definite rhyme scheme

- Use figurative language

“rhythmical creation of beauty” –

Edgar Allan Poe

A. Narrative Poetry-intends to tell a story

- Usually relates the events in an order of time

> Types

1. Epic-tells about the adventures of a traditional hero important to the history

2. Ballad– meant for singing &usually deals with subject such as love, honor or death

3. Metrical Romance- is a long rambling love story in revolving around knights, lords and their ladies

4. Metrical Tale– deals with any emotion or phrase of life & is often told in simple manner

B. Lyric poetry- meant to be sung

-focus on the writer’s feeling

>Types

1. Ode–most majestic type

2. Elegy–poetic lamentation for the dead

3. Sonnet–can be distinguished by its form for it always consist of 14 rhymed lines

4. Idyll–a descriptive poem of rural or pastoral character which expresses the poet’s feeling of his immediate landscape

5. Song–has a particular melodious quality

6. Simple Lyric–includes all those lyric poems that don’t belong under the other types

C. Dramatic Poetry- focus on the characters feelings- designed to be spoken or acted on stage

• These are plays whose dialogues are written in the form of poetry

1. Comedy–a dramatic play of light and humorous character w/ a cheerful or happy ending

2. Tragedy- portrays struggle of a strong–willed protagonist against fate

Ex. 5 great Shakespearean Tragedies

~ Hamlet-indecision

~ King Lear–parental love

~ Macbeth–ambition

~ Othello-conjugal love

~ Romeo and Juliet–young love

3. Dramatic History–a dramatic play dealing w/ past historical event

4. Farce-a comic play marked by broadly satirical comedy and improbable plot

5. Melodrama–characterized by heavy use of suspense, sensational episodes, romantic sentiment and conventional happy ending

6. Masque– a form of dramatic entertainment of the 16th & 17th century...