Kinds of Poetry and Prose

Poetry - A language arranged in lines with regular rhythm, meter and often with definite rhyme scheme - Use figurative language - “rhythmical creation of beauty” – Edgar Allan Poe a. Narrative Poetry - intends to tell a story  - Usually relates the events in an order of time ^ Types^ 1. Epic  –  – tells about the adventures of a t raditional hero important to the history 2. Ballad  –  – meant for singing &usually deals with subject such as love, honor or death 3. Metrical Romance - is a long rambling love story in revolving around knights, lords and their ladies 4. Metrical Tale – deals with any emotion or phrase of life & is often told in simple manner b. Lyric poetry - meant to be sung sung - focus on the writer’s feeling ^Types^ 1. Ode – most majestic type 2. Elegy  –  – poetic lamentation for the dead 3. Sonnet  –  – can be distinguished by its form for it always consist of 14 rhymed lines 4. Idyll  –  – a descriptive poem of rural or pastoral character which expresses the poet’s feeling of his immediate landscape 5. Song – has a particular melodious quality 6. Simple Lyric  –  – includes all those lyric poems that don’t belong under the other types c.

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Dramatic Poetry - focus on the characters feelings - designed to be spoken or acted on stage

These are plays whose dialogues are written in the form of poetry 1. Comedy  –  – a dramatic play of light and humorous character w/ a cheerful or happy ending 2. Tragedy  –  – portrays struggle of a strong – strong – willed protagonist against fate Ex. 5 great Shakespearean Tragedies ~ Hamlet – Hamlet – indecision ~ King Lear – Lear – parental love ~ Macbeth – Macbeth – ambition ~ Othello – Othello – conjugal love ~ Romeo and Juliet – Juliet  – young love 3. Dramatic History  –  – a dramatic play dealing w/ past historical event 4. Farce – a comic play marked by broadly satirical comedy and improbable plot 5. Melodrama – characterized by heavy use of suspense, sensational episodes, romantic sentiment and conventional happy ending th th 6. Masque – a form of dramatic entertainment of the 1 6 & 17 century performed by masked actors 7. Dramatic Monologue – a long speech In a play or a story delivered by a single person

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Its structure is in terms of sentences and paragraphs

Types of Prose I. Prose Drama  – Like poetic plays but written in prose form II. Essay   – A prose composition w/c discusses a particular subject. III. Prose Fiction - A prose composition w/c imaginatively created   A. Prose Allegory  - Is a narrative prose from in w/c abstract ideas are personified - Prolonged metaphor or symbolic representation B. Prose Romance - A prose narrative treating imaginary characters, events, time or place, and usually heroic, adventure or mysterious. C. Tales of Adventure - Deals w/ stories involving danger & unknown risks or man’s encounter w/ nature D. Novel  - a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length, portraying characters, actions, and scenes representative of  real life in a more or less intricate plot E. Novelette - Shorter than a novel, longer than a short story F. Short Story  - A prose narrative about 10,000 words to be read in 1 sitting G. Fable - Stories about animals H. Parable - Stories from the bible I.

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Myth Deals w/ supernatural beings, gods, and goddess

 J. Legend  - Deals w/ the origin of things K. Folktale - Is characteristically anonymous, timeless and placeless tale circulated orally among people L. Fairytale - Is a narrative of adventures involving fantastic forces and beings - Happy ending

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Biography  A. Biography  –  – written by someone else B.  Autobiography  –  – written by himself/herself 

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Letter  A. Letter  –  – written message address to a person per son or organization B. Journal  –  – a prose composition published periodically periodically for an exclusive exclusive readership readership C. Diary  –  – a daily account of what happened in someone’s life

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