POETRY

GROUP1
 WHAT IS POETRY?
• Has rhyme and rhythm
• Written in lines and stanzas
• Usually have figurative language
 TYPES OF POETRY
NARRATIVE LYRIC DRAMATIC

•EPIC •TALE
•ELEGY •TRAGEDY
•BALLAD •ROMANCE •COMEDY
•TALE •ODE •TRAGICOMEDY
•MONOLOGUE •SONNET •MASQUE
 NARRATIVE
• A STORY THAT IS TOLD OR WRITTEN.
SUBGENRES
EPIC
• A STORY ABOUT A HERO OR ABOUT EXCITING
EVENTS OR ADVENTURES
 NARRATIVE POETRY
SUBGENRES
BALLAD:
• SONGS ABOUT LOVE
MONOLOGUE:
• LONG SPEECH GIVEN BY A CHARACTER IN A
STORY, PLAY, EVENT.
 NARRATIVE POETRY
SUBGENRES
TALE:
• STORY ABOUT IMAGINARY EVENTS
ROMANCE:
• STORY RELATED ABOUT LOVE OR ROMANTIC
RELATIONSHIP
 LYRIC
• POEM THAT EXPRESSES DEEP PERSONAL FEELINGS IN
A WAY THAT IS LIKE A SONG

SUBGENRES
ELEGY
• SAD POEM THAT EXPRESSES SORROW FOR SOMEONE
WHO IS DEAD
 LYRIC POETRY
SUBGENRES
ODE:
• A POEM THAT EXPRESSES A STRONG FEELING OF
LOVE/RESPECT
SONNET:
• POEM MADE UP OF 14 LINES THAT RHYME IN A
FIXED PATTERN
 DRAMATIC
• A PIECE OF WRITING THAT TELLS A STORY AND IS
PERFORMED IN STAGE

SUBGENRES
TRAGEDY
• VERY BAD EVENT THAT CAUSES SADNESS AND OFTEN
INVOLVES SMEONE’S DEATH
 DRAMATIC POETRY
SUBGENRES
COMEDY:
• A PERFORMANCE THAT’S MEANT TO BE FUNNY
TRAGICOMEDY:
• A PERFORMANCE THAT IS BOTH SAD AND FUNNY
 DRAMATIC POETRY
SUBGENRES
MASQUE:
• A PLAY THAT WAS PERFORMED IN THE 16TH AND 17TH
CENTURIES BY ACTORS WEARING MASKS