Poetic Forms

Question 1

Narrative poem

Answer 1

Tells part or all of a story
Often feature heroic adventures
May be lengthy - entire book- or just a few lines
Ex: “Beowulf”

Question 2

Lyric Poem

Answer 2

Expresses an individual’s thoughts and emotions

Most poems are lyric ( sonnets, elegies, odes, villanelles)

Any poem that is not dramatic or narrative

Ex: “sestina” “The Century Quilt”

Question 3

Metaphysical Poetry

Answer 3

17th Century men- most notably Marvell and Herbert

Highly intellectual and philosophical verses on nature thoughts and feelings

Blend ethics, religion, love

Question 4

Romantic poetry

Answer 4

19th Century literary movement

Representative Poets: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelly,Byron (sometimes Tennyson)

Ex: “ I wandered lonely as a cloud”

Question 5

ballad

Answer 5

Originally sung

Tell engrossing stories about life, death, heroism, love, murder and betrayal

Ex: “The lady of shallot”

Question 6

Dramatic monologue

Answer 6

A poem spoken by one person to a listener who may influence the speaker with a look or action, but says nothing

Robert Browning

Ex: “My Last Duchess”