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Understanding Epic and Lyric Poetry

Epic poetry tells long narratives about heroes and their exploits from a third-person perspective, such as in The Iliad and Odyssey, while lyric poetry focuses on individual emotions or experiences in shorter, free verse forms like sonnets, odes, elegies, and dramatic monologues.

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Understanding Epic and Lyric Poetry

Epic poetry tells long narratives about heroes and their exploits from a third-person perspective, such as in The Iliad and Odyssey, while lyric poetry focuses on individual emotions or experiences in shorter, free verse forms like sonnets, odes, elegies, and dramatic monologues.

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EPIC POETRY

- TYPE OF NARRATIVE.
IT INCLUDES STORY
ELEMENTS.

- USUALLY QUITE LONG


- THE PURPOSE IS TO
SHOW US THE EXPLOITS
OF A PARTICULAR HERO
OR SET OF HEROES
- WRITEN FROM A THIRD
PERSON PERSPECTIVE
-“THE ILIAD AND
ODYSSEY” ARE LONG
CONTEMPORARY NOVEL
LYRIC POETRY
-WRITEN IN FREE VERSE
WITH LINES THAT DO
NOT RHYME
- USUALLY LESS THAN A
PAGE LONG

- USUALLY FOCUSED ON
AN INDIVIDUAL
EMOTION ,OR
EXPERIENCE

-FOCUSED ON AN
INDIVIDUAL
-SONNETS, ODE, ELEGY
AND DRAMATIC
MONOLOGUE

DEFINITION
LENGTH

PURPOSE
CHARACTER

EXAMPLES

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