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Poetry
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Stress story and actionEpic
Adventures of a heroOften related to nation-building
Origins, beliefs, etc.Ex: Homer’s Illiad, Virgil’s Aeneid
BalladMeant to be sung or recitedRepetition, refrains, obvious “poetic” language
RomanceAdventure is central themeHumans that often confront fantasy worldMiddle Ages/Renaissance
Epic and Ballad often intended to be oral narratives
Narrative Poetry
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Story subordinate to song, styleSubjectiveConcentration on emotion, thoughtsOften single speakerNot as strict in convention as narrative poetryBriefMelodicEmotional intensityOften intended to be sung
Lyric Poetry
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Epigram Brief, witty satire
Elegy Lament for the dead
Ode Long poem organized in variety of stanzas, meters, forms
Aubade Love lyric; often regarding departure from loved one
Sonnet 14 line; expression of emotion or idea Italian or English
Sestina Six stanzas of six lines each followed by three line conclusion
Villanelle Five 3-line tercets and a final four-line quatrain
Types of Lyric Poetry