English Lit Terms - Types Of Writing

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ballad

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a narrative poem that tells a story often straightforward in manner and dramatic. often about love, honor and courage

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lyric

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a short poem that expresses the private emotions or thoughts of the writer

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sonnet (lyric poem)

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14 lines long and in iambic pentameter. end rhyming scheme

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ode (lyric poem)

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expressing lofty emotion. often celebrate an event or are addressed to nature, some admired person, place or thing. of moderate length and serious subject

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elegy

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a sustained and formal poem setting forth mediations on death or another solemn theme

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epigram

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a pithy saying, short satirical and witty poem usually a couplet, quatrain or one line long phrase

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epilogue

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a final address to the audience, often delivered by a character in the drama, a ending speech to serve as a comment or conclusion on the previous events

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epigraph

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In literature it is a phrase, quotation on the title page of a book or a motto heading a section of a work

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epic

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a long poem often about a heroic character - the style is elevated and the poetry often represents religious or cultural ideals

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free verse

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a poem that often does not rhyme or have a regular meter. If it rhymes it is often irregular

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blank verse

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written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

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metrical poetry

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written in regular repeating rhythms and may be rhymed or unrhymed

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caesura

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a technique in poetry - a pause or break in a line of poetry

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internal rhyme

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rhymes which occur within the lines