Poetry

Classification of types of poetry

1. Narrative Poems
2. Lyric/Lyrical Poem
3. Dramatic Poem

2
 Narrative Poem
A narrative poem tells the story
of an event in the form of poem.

3
 Ballad
A poem similar to a folk tale which uses
a repeated refrain. This means that
every few stanzas a portion of a poem is
repeated, much like a song.
4
 Epic
A long, serious poem which tells
the story of hero. Think of stories
like Odyssey or Ben-Hur.

5
 Idyll
A poem about either for an idolized country scene or about the
heroes of yesteryear. This could also include the story of Odyssey,
except for different reasons. An Idyll speaks of someone or
something in a way that it should be idolized. For example, today
many stories of Ghandi or Martin Luther King, Junior could be
written about in an Idyll. However, an even better example could be
George Washington.

6
 Lay
A long poem whish was sang by medieval minstrels. The
long poem generally were about the news pg the day or
historical facts they wished to be passed along
throughout the countryside.

7
 Lyric Poem
Is a formal type of poetry which
expresses personal emotions or
feelings, typically spoken in the
first person.

8
 Elegy
A poem of mourning or reflection
on the death of an individual
.

9
 Ode
A serious or thoughtful poem, usually with a formal
structure. This type of poem is generally seen as a way to
pay homage to a thing or personal. This type of lyric, is
the most popular and includes the sub genre od sonnets.

10
 Dramatic Poem
Is any drama written as verse to
be spoken.

11
 Hallmarks
Dramatic poetry is narrative – it tells a story– spoken from
the point of view of a persona, a speaker who is a character
rather than the author. Often, Dramatic poetry has multiple
characters. The often speak mostly in rhymed lines, a blank
verse or in a combination of the two. Blank verse refers to
unrhymed lines of 10 syllables long with every other syllable
stressed. Shakespeare wrote his plays in blank verse.

12
 Dramatic Monologue
The monologue may have multiple characters but only one speaker. That
speaker may or may not be reliable. The reader has to keep in mind that the
speaker is telling a story from his point of view only. Were another character
to tell the story, the reader would get another point of view. For example, One
character, the duke, tells the story in Robert Browning’s
“My last duchess”. He believes that the duchess gave herself freely to other
men, but without the point of view of another more objective speaker, you
can’t really know whether that is true.

13
 Comedy
Some dramatic verse is comedy. It may be comedy in the humorous
sense that readers think of today, or it may be comedy in the
classical sense, in that it ends happily in spite of the sometimes very
serious trouble that unfolds throughout the story. Shakespeare’s “The
tempest” is a comedy, even though it’s not funny, because it ends
happily. “As you like it”, another of Shakespeare’s comedies, has
happy ending, and it is also funny

14
 Tragedy
A tragedy is any story that ends unhappily. The verse dramas
“Hamlet”, “Romeo & Juliet” and “the crucible” are examples of
tragedies. Verse drama always take place in the present. For example,
you read “My last duchess” as if you were standing there listening to
the duke speak. Likewise, you watch the events of a shakespearian
tragedy unfold as if they were happening right now

15
Types of Sonnet
Poetry
 “
A sonnet, in English Poetry,
is a poem of fourteen lines,
usually in iambic pantameter,
that has one of two regular
rhyme schyme.

17
Types of Sonnet Poetry

1. Italian
(Petrarchan)
2. English
(Shakespearian)
18
 Italian
This sonnet is split into two parts,
an octave and a sestret.

19
 English
This contains 3 Sicilian quatrians and one
heroic couplet at the end, with an äbab
cdcd efef gg” rhyme scheme.

20
21
Types of Stanzas
Couplets Tercets Quatrains
-Stanza -Stanzas -Stanzas
with two with three with four
rhyming lines that lines that
lines may or may or
may not may not
rhyme rhyme
22
Foot in Poetry
The basic unit of measurement
of accentual-syllabic meter. A
foot usually contains one
stressed syllable and at least
one unstressed syllable. The
standard types of feet in
English poetry are
the iamb, trochee,
dactyl, anapest, spondee, and
pyrrhic
(two unstressed syllables).

23
 Iamb
is a metrical foot used in various
types of poetry.

24
 Trochee
a foot consisting of one long or
stressed syllable followed by one
short or unstressed syllable

25
 Dactyl
is a foot in poetic meter. In
quantitative verse, often used in
Greek or Latin, a dactyl is a long
syllable followed by two short
syllables, as determined by
syllable weight.
26
 Anapest
a foot consisting of one long or
stressed syllable followed by one
short or unstressed syllable

27
 Spondee
a foot consisting of two long (or
stressed) syllables.

28
 Phyrric
is a metrical foot used in
formal poetry. It consists of two
unaccented, short syllables. It is
also known as a dibrach.

29
 Main idea is what
the poem is mostly
about. Theme is the

Themes
lesson about life or
statement about human
nature that
of the poem expresses. To
determine theme, start

Poetry by figuring out the main

Symbolism
lambs symbolize innocen
ce and snakes symbolize
evil. In Homer, the sea

of symbolizes the chaos

Poetry
life. In Shakespeare, and
throughout poetry and
literature, the seasons
are used to
symbolize the passage of
time and the process of
aging.
31
Figure of speech
Figure of Speech

A word or phrase used

33
Imagery
Descriptive writing
that appeals to the
senses.
Ex.

34
Simile
Comparing two unlike
things using like or as.

35
Metaphor
Comparing two unlike
things without using
like or as.

36
Alliteration
Repetition of beginning
consonants sounds.

37
Hyperbole
A major exaggeration
over statement.

38
Onomatopoeia
A word sounds like its
meaning.

39
Personification
Giving human traits or
characteristics to
something isn’t human.

40
 Thank
you for
listening

41
42