Lyric Poetry

Lyric verse line is the most common pains of poetry; it does non tell a story as the heroic and narrative forms do; the lyric poem has grown into many an(prenominal) forms since ancient times

Song
There are many subdivisions of lyric poetry. The weakest form is the song, especially popular songs that are heard frequently on the radio. With the exception of the hymn and chant, most songs do not reach the level of true poetry, even though they employ round poetic devices. The words to songs are often inaccurately referred to as lyrics. The entire song is the lyric.
Sonnet
The next best-known lyric is the sonnet, which may be in the Petrarchan or Italian form, Elizabethan or Shakespearean or English form, or the American or innovative form. The Petrarchan takes its name from the 13th century Italian poet Petrarch. The Petrarchan sonnet consists of two stanzas: an octave of eight lines with the rime device ABBAABBA and a sestet of six lines with a varied rime scheme CDE

Dramatic Monologue
* The monologue may have multiple characters, only if only one speaker. That speaker may or may not be reliable. The reader has to keep in thinker that the speaker is telling a story from his point of gull only. Were some other character to tell the story, the reader would get other point of view.



For example, one character, the Duke, tells the story in Robert Brownings His Last Dutchess. He believes that the Dutchess gave herself freely to other men, but without the point of view of another more objective speaker, you cant really know whether that is true or not.
Comedy
* Some dramatic verse is harlequinade. It may be comedy in the humorous sense that readers think of today, or it may be comedy in the classical sense, in that it ends mirthfully in spite of the sometimes very serious untune that unfolds throughout the story. Shakespeares The Tempest is a comedy, even though its not funny, because it ends happily. As You Like It, another of Shakespeares comedies, has a happy final stage and it is...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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