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| 7380391138 | Dèbat | Mock debate where two characters usually personified abstractions (like soul and body) argue their respective merits | 0 | |
| 7380413663 | Dialogue Poetry | type of dramatic poetry. two people speak alternately | 1 | |
| 7380428430 | Dramatic Poetry | works like a narrative except it might be acted out like a soliloquy | 2 | |
| 7380444877 | Dramatic Monologue | speech from a single narrator usually delivered to a silent auditor | 3 | |
| 7380452965 | Realistic Narratives | are medium length and sometimes are discussed as poetic novels or short stories in verse | 4 | |
| 7380463257 | Ballads | are shorter narratives with song-like qualities often including rhyme and repeated refrains | 5 | |
| 7380464713 | Epigram | a short satirical lyric usually aimed at a specific person | 6 | |
| 7380464714 | Ode | a long lyric in elevated language on a serious theme | 7 | |
| 7380464715 | Elegy | a lyric on the occasion of .a death | 8 | |
| 7380466655 | Narrative Poetry | poetry whose main function is to tell a story. they habe plots characters settings and point-of-view | 9 | |
| 7380469312 | Epic | A long narrative poem about the exploits of a hero | 10 | |
| 7380469313 | Folk Epic | Originally intended for public recitation and existed in oral form for a long period of time before they were transcribed | 11 | |
| 7380469314 | Literary Epic | differ from folk epics because they are products of known authors | 12 | |
| 7380472593 | Folk Ballads | come from oral tradition and are anonymously authored | 13 | |
| 7380472594 | Art or Literary Ballads | conscious imitation of the ballad style by later poets and are generally somewhat more sophisticated | 14 | |
| 7380537597 | Epigraph | a brief explanatory statement or quotation | 15 | |
| 7380542796 | Dedication | explains the setting | 16 | |
| 7380548425 | Genres | separate categories delineated by distinct style form and content | 17 | |
| 7380556396 | Lyric poetry | the first genre, originally compromised brief poems that were meant to be sung or chanted to the accompaniment of a lyre now it is a large category that involves almost all poems | 18 | |
| 7380576836 | Apostrophe | figure of speech used with a non human inanimate or abstract thing is directly addressed | 19 | |
| 7380590392 | Confessional poetry | form of autobiographical poetry | 20 | |
| 7380593893 | Narrator | who is speaking in the poem | 21 | |
| 7380605992 | Auditor | Who is being spoken to , the person or persons spoken to in the poem | 22 | |
| 7380615087 | Oral Tradition | poems were passed down in ancient societies from generation to generation and recited for all the members of the tribe | 23 | |
| 7380619275 | Dramatic Situation | details such as setting character circumstances poem was written - these are crucial to understanding but may not be portrayed in the poem | 24 | |
| 7380631967 | Occasional Verse | a poem that is written about or for an important event sometimes private but usually some public significance | 25 | |
| 7380636048 | Persona | Who is speaking? a technical word that is often used to designated the speaker of a poem | 26 |
