TYPES OF POETRY

it tells a heroic deed performed by legendary heroes.

• EPIC

• BALLAD

• METRICAL ROMANCE

• ODE

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

It is a story-song that is accompanied by a stringed instrument and sang during festivals.

• SONG

• SONNET

• BALLAD

• ELEGY

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

It is a poem addressed in an exalted manner to some object or person, present, or absent.

• ELEGY

• ODE

• ITALIAN OR PETRARCHAN

• BALLAD

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

It follows a certain verse form of fourteen lines and a fixed rhyme scheme.

• SONG

• ELEGY

• ODE

• SONNET

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

It deals with chivalry, love, and religion with a romantic element woven throughout the story.

• METRICAL ROMANCE

• EPIC

• BALLAD

• DRAMATIC POEM

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.12

It is a poem intended to be sung. It expresses the poet's hopes, joys, fears, loves, sorrows, and ideals.

• ODE

• SONNET

• SONG

• ELEGY

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

It has death or mourning as its theme, and the thoughts and feelings are expressed in contemplative rather than exalted mood.

• ELEGY

• EPIC

• BALLAD

• ODE

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.12

Are highly musical, expressing feelings and observations of a single person about a particular subject.

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

are stories expressed in verse with all the elements of the short story present.

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

are in the traditional sense, plays written in verse. The most popular of this type are the plays written by William Shakespeare.

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10