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 traditional 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 - focus on the writers 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 poets feeling of his immediate landscape 5. Song has a particular melodious quality 6. Simple Lyric includes all those lyric poems that dont belong under the other types c. 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 willed protagonist against fate Ex. 5 great Shakespearean Tragedies ~ Hamlet indecision ~ King Lear parental love ~ Macbeth ambition ~ Othello conjugal love ~ Romeo and 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 6. Masque a form of dramatic entertainment of the 16th & 17th century performed by masked actors 7. Dramatic Monologue a long speech In a play or a story delivered by a single person

Prose - 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 mans 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. 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 Letter A. Letter written message address to a person or organization B. Journal a prose composition published periodically for an exclusive readership C. Diary a daily account of what happened in someones life Other Prose Forms Works About - Travel - History - Scientific Prose - Current Publications - Literary criticisms and Book Reviews - Philosophical and Religious Writings

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