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Poetry Classification
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Poems Narrative Tells a story Lyric Expresses a poet’s feelings Descriptive An impersonal word painting
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Types of Narratives: Epic – a long poem about the deeds of a traditional or historical hero Ballads – a story told in song - often written in QUATRAINS (a stanza of four lines)
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Types of Lyrics: Elegy – A tribute to the memory of someone. The theme deals with death. Ode – poem in praise of someone or something Sonnet – a 14 line poem with fixed rhyme and meter
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Types of Sonnets: Shakespearian (English) 3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet abab cdcd efef gg Petrarchan (Italian) Octave (8) and Sestet (6) abbaabba cdecde (sestet may vary in rhyme)
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