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    There are four main genres of literature: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama. Poetry is defined as rhythmic writing meant to express emotion, and it is usually shorter than other genres. There are two sub-genres of poetry: lyric poetry, which expresses emotion rather than telling a story, and narrative poetry, which tells a story. Sonnets are a type of lyric poem that contains 14 lines written in iambic pentameter, such as Shakespeare's famous sonnets about love and beauty.

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    There are four main genres of literature: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama. Poetry is defined as rhythmic writing meant to express emotion, and it is usually shorter than other genres. There are two sub-genres of poetry: lyric poetry, which expresses emotion rather than telling a story, and narrative poetry, which tells a story. Sonnets are a type of lyric poem that contains 14 lines written in iambic pentameter, such as Shakespeare's famous sonnets about love and beauty.

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    Poetry As A Genre of Literature

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    There are four main genres of literature: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama. Poetry is defined as rhythmic writing meant to express emotion, and it is usually shorter than other genres. There are two sub-genres of poetry: lyric poetry, which expresses emotion rather than telling a story, and narrative poetry, which tells a story. Sonnets are a type of lyric poem that contains 14 lines written in iambic pentameter, such as Shakespeare's famous sonnets about love and beauty.

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    Types of Genres

    What are the genres of literature? There are four main literary genres: poetry, fiction,
    nonfiction, and drama. The works within each genre share certain characteristics that place
    them in the same category. Furthermore, categories of literature can be divided into sub-
    genres. One trait that all genres of literature share is the use of figurative language, which
    includes literary devices like similes, metaphors, personification, and irony. This is not to say
    that a work of literature must contain figurative language, but that any work of literature may
    use it. The characteristics of each literary genre and sub-genre, as well as genre examples, are
    discussed in the following sections.

    Poetry as a Genre of Literature


    Poetry is one genre of literature. It is difficult to define what poetry is since its forms can differ
    widely; at its core, though, poetry is rhythmic writing that is meant to express or elicit an
    emotional response. There are several genre characteristics specific to poetry. Poems are
    usually shorter in length than other genres of literature. Poetry often draws heavily on imagery
    and figurative language to appeal to the reader's imagination. Poetry is usually arranged in
    lines and stanzas. Some poetry follows rules regarding the number of syllables within each line,
    and some poetry, called free verse, follows no rules. Poetry can also follow rhyming patterns,
    but rhyming is not a requirement.

    Sub-Genres of Poetry
    Two sub-genres of poetry include lyric and narrative. Lyric poetry expresses emotions rather
    than telling a story. For example, sonnets are a type of lyric poem. Sonnets contain fourteen
    lines and are usually written in iambic pentameter. The sonnets of William Shakespeare are
    among the most famous sonnets ever written. His sonnets are mostly about love and beauty.
    Shakespeare's ''Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?'' begins, ''Shall I compare thee to a
    summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate. / Rough winds do shake the darling
    buds of May, / And summer's lease hath all too short a date.''

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