Poetry and its types

Different Types of Poetry. Different Types of Poetry.

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Heritage College Depalpur  B's(Eng1)

What is poetry and its kind

"Poetry is the expression of a thought, an idea, a concept or a story in a structured form which has a flow and a music created by the sounds and syllables in it."

Wordsworth defines poetry as,

 "The spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility",

Kinds of poetry:

Acrostic: Acrostic poetry is one that contains certain letters, which are usually placed at the beginning of each line. These letters form a message or word when they are read in a sequence.

Ballad: This type of poetry is short and narrative and is made up of stanzas of two to four lines. Ballads usually have a refrain. They also deal mostly with folklore or popular trends though some also originate from a wide range of subject matter. The verses in ballads are straight-forward and seldom have any detail. Apart from that, ballads always possess graphic simplicity and force.      

         By;Frid Ud Din Attar

Blank Verse: 

1. A blank verse is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.   In poetry and prose, it has a consistent meter with 10 syllables in each line (pentameter); where, unstressed syllables are followed by stressed ones, five of which are stressed but do not rhyme It is also known as “un-rhymed iambic pentameter.”

Features of Blank Verse

• Blank verse poetry has no fixed number of lines.
• It has a conventional meter that is used for verse drama and long narrative poems.
• It is often used in descriptive and reflective poems and dramatic monologues — the poems in which a single character delivers his thoughts in the form of a speech.
• Blank verse can be composed in any kind of meter, such as iamb, trochee, wonder and dactyl

Types of Blank Verse Poetry

• Iamb pentameter blank verse (unstressed/stressed syllables)
• Trochee blank verse (stressed/unstressed syllables)
• Anapaset blank verse (unstressed/unstressed/stressed syllables)
• Dactyl blank verse (stressed/unstressed/unstressed syllables)

Short Examples of Blank Verse

1. The dreams are clues that tell us takechances.
2. The source of faith in happiness and
3. Daylight changes, and it is time to take
4. The night frost drips silently from the roof
5. Human cadences always searching for this
6. The moon takes its bath in lovely silver dust.

Burlesque: In this kind of poetry a subject that is serious in nature is treated as humor
Cinquain: A cinquain is short poem that is made up of five lines that are usually unrhymed. These five lines contain two, four, six, eight and two syllables respectively.
Clerihew: This type of poetry is made up of a comic verse that has two couplets and a specific rhyming scheme.
Didactic Poetry: Didactic poems are poems that are written in order to instruct or teach.

Epic: This type of poem is long and narrative in nature. It talks about the adventures of a hero. Epics usually deal with the history and traditions of a nation.
Epigram: Practiced by poets like Robert Frost, William Blake and Ben Jonson, epigrams are short poems that possess satire. This type of poetry ends with a stinging punchline or humorous retort. Common forms of epigrams are written as a couplet.

Epitaph: A short poem with rhyming lines written on a tombstone in praise of a deceased person is called an epitaph.
Elegy: This type of poetry is sad and thoughtful in nature. They talk about the death of an individual.
Free Verse: Like the name suggests, free verse is poetry that is irregular. This type of poetry has content which is free from the traditional rules of using verse.
Ode: A poem that is written in praise of a place, thing or person, is known as an ode.
Sonnet: A poem that is made up of 14 lines and a particular rhyming scheme is called a sonnet.
Couplet: Perhaps the most popular type of poetry used, the couplet has stanzas made up of two lines which rhyme with each other.

                 By: Frid Ud Din Attar