POETRY

BEGAN OF POETRY

• dates back to around 2000 B.C., when it was part of the oral tradition of the Sumerians

DIFFERENT TYPES OF POEMS

LYRICAL

• Sonnet
• Elegy
• Ode

NARRATIVE

• Epic
• Ballad

DRAMATIC

• Dramatic monologue
• Soliloquy
• Oration

SPECIAL TYPES

• Haiku
• Free verse
• Limerick
• Name poem
• Concrete poem

THE MOST FAMOUS POETS

JHON MILTON

• John Milton was born the 9 December 1608 and died the 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell

DANTE

• Durante degli Alighieri, simply called Dante (c. 1265 – 1321), was a major Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy is widely considered the greatest literary work

WILLIAM BUTLER

• William Butler Yeats, was born in Sandymount Castle, Dublin (Ireland) on June 13, 1865. who is often considered to be one of the foremost figures of the 20th century literature

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

• William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

WHAT IS MY FAVORITE TYPE OF POEM

• I think that my favorite type is the one of name of poem because you express your feelings to to other person it could be love sadness or any other feeling.

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