lit2 midterm

a long, narrative poem divided into distinct parts and episodes bound together by a common relationship to some great hero, action, and time.

• METRICAL ROMANCE

• METRICAL TALE

• BALLAD

• EPIC

Tells a story in richly imaginative and rhythmical language. Has plot, characters, and setting.

• Lyric

• Dramatic

• Narrative

• N/A

Type of epic that does not have a known author but evolved gradually from the people's ancient traditions

• Folk or popular epic

• classical epic

Type of epic that have standard conventions such as an underlying theme of human problem, the hero embodying national, cultural, or religious ideals, the style being lofty and earnest Example: the Odyssey.

• classical epic

• folk or popular epic

a long, rambling love story in verse. Ideals of chivalry, romantic love, and religious elements predominate in this type of literature most characteristic of the Middle Ages, "when knighthood was in flower."

• epic

• metrical romance

• metrical tale

• ballad

a short narrative poem intended to be sung. Types can either be folk or literary, as in the epic. Example: “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe

• ballad

• metrical romance

• metrical tale

• epic

is to poetry what the short story is to prose. It deals with any emotion or phrase of life and its story is told in a simple, straightforward, and realistic manner. Example: Sir Walter Scott’s “The Lady of the Lake.”

• ballad

• metrical romance

• epic

• metrical tale

meditative lyric poem lamenting the death.

• elegy

• A song

• ode

• simple lyric

addressed to a particular subject, typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form of excessive or enthusiastic emotion.

• ode

• elegy

• a song

• simple lyric

expresses personal thoughts and feelings

• lyric

• narrative

• dramatic