TYPES OF POETRY

TYPES OF POETRY:

•        Lyric Poetry: A lyric is a short poem which has the characteristics of a song. It pertains to a single mood or feeling and is more personal in nature.

•        Ballad: A ballad is a type of a narrative poem which deals with a heroic theme. A ballad has musical quality and it has a set theme and fixed metrical form.

•         Sonnet: A sonnet is a relatively short poem consisting of merely fourteen lines. It is known to follow a strict pattern of rhyme.

 It is divided into two parts - the octave and the sestet. This separation marks the end or break in thought.

It is further classified into:

• Petrarchan
• Shakespearean
• Miltonic sonnets.

•        Ode: This type of poem is a direct address to a particular person or a thing. It is relatively elaborate in its structure. It is divided into three parts:

• the strophe
• antistrophe
• the epode.

Odes have a serious overtone, with the strophe and the antistrophe looking at the subject from conflicting perspectives, while the epode tries to resolve the underlying issues.

•        Epic: It is a heroic poem that deals with the ethos of the period. There are two types of epic, one that is concerned with growth while the other with art.

•        Elegy:

•        Allegory :