In The List(English)

Poetry

form of art

Poetry

deals with ideas, emotions, values, and attitudes

Poetry

language of intense awareness, and therefore, of heightened emotion

Poetry

creates its total effect and meaning through imagery, figures of speech, form and structure

Poetry

may be a closed (fixed) form or an open (free) form

Denotation

dictionary meaning

connotation

implied meaning

Lyric Poems

short and highly musical

Lyric Poems

expressing feelings and observations of a single person about a particular subject

__**Narrative Poems**__

stories in poems form

__**Narrative Poems**__

includes the different elements of a short story in verse

__**Dramatic Poems**__

narrative poems which can be  found in plays written in verse

__**Dramatic Poems**__

the spoken dialogues spoken are from the point of view of a persona

Ode

a long serious poem, mostly about nature, object of attraction, or aimed at adoring someone or something

Shakespearean Sonnet

a poem comprising 14 lines falling into 3 quatrains that reflect about an issue followed by a couplet or heroic couplet 

quatrains

4 lines

Couplet

2 Lines

Shakespearean Sonnet

has a fixed rhyme scheme

Shakespearean Sonnet

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

Shakespearean Sonnet

Italian/Petrarchan Sonnet

A poem of 14 lines, divided into 2 subgroups: an octave and a sestet

octave of Italian/Petrarchan Sonnet

ABBA ABBA

Sestet of Italian/Petrarchan Sonnet

CDE CDE or CDC CDC.

Italian/Petrarchan Sonnet

Elegy

poem which deals with death and mourning as its theme, and the thoughts and feelings are expressed in a contemplative rather than exalted mood

Song

a poem that needs to be sung. It expresses that poet’s hopes, joys, fears, loves sorrows, and ideals

Occasional Poetry

written on a specific occasion, meant for a performance, accompanied by instruments

Persona Poem

The Speaker =/= The Poet

Persona Poem

This character addresses specific listener/s. 

Persona Poem

The subject of the monologue is self-revelation

Epic

usually long narrative poems that talk about the heroic and  extraordinary doings of legendary men and women significant to a culture or nation.

Ballad

narrative poems that are set to music and usually played by a stringed instrument and sang by “minstrels” during festivals in medieval Europe

Ballad

typically composed of four –line stanzas that follow an ABCB/ABAB rhyme scheme

Metrical Romances

doesn’t necessarily rhyme, deals with the themes of love, rites of passage, chivalry, adventure and interpersonal relationships

Metrical Romances

defining  feature of is the hero character, a courageous man with excellent moral character. Knights, fair maidens and epic journeys

Soliloquy

a popular literary device often used in drama to reveal the  innermost thoughts of a character