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• Form

Form, in poetry, can be understood as the physical structure of the poem: the length of the lines, their rhythms, their system of rhymes and repetition. In this sense, it is normally reserved for the type of poem where these features have been shaped into a pattern, especially a familiar pattern.

  
    a. Lyric Poetry

Lyric poetry concerns itself largely with the emotional life of the poet, that is, it’s written in their voice and expresses strong thoughts and emotions. There is only one voice in a lyric poem and we see the world from that single perspective. Most modern poetry is lyric poetry in that it is personal and introspective.

There are several types of poetry that one could classify as lyric poetry. They include:

— elegy - a reflective poem to honor the dead

— haiku - a seventeen-syllable poem that uses natural imagery to express an emotion

— ode - an elevated poem that pays tribute to a person, idea, place, or another concept

— sonnet - a descriptive fourteen-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme

A lyric poem is usually written in the first person. Some of the best examples of lyric poetry come from Italian and English sonnets. Let’s take a closer look.

Let’s start with an English sonnet by none other than William Shakespeare. Here’s his famous "Sonnet 18:"

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed."

When you read a lyric poem, you are transported to a different time or place. Writing lyric poems is an effective way to illustrate your perspective and share a special moment with others.

   b. Narrative Poetry

As its name implies, narrative poetry is concerned with storytelling. Just as in a prose story, a narrative poem will most likely follow the conventions of plot including elements such as conflict, rising action, climax, resolution etc. Again, as in prose stories, narrative poems will most likely be peopled with characters to perform the actions of the tale.
  
In short, narrative poetry is a form of literature that combines the elements of poetry with the elements of storytelling.

Examples for this is "The Glass Essay by Anne Carson" and "Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer".

    c. Descriptive Poetry

Descriptive poetry usually employs lots of rich imagery to describe the world around the poet. While it most often has a single poetic voice and strong emotional content, descriptive poetry differs from lyric poetry in that its focus is more on the externalities of the world, rather than the interior life of the poet.

Example would be "Midnight and Moonlight by Kelly Roper"

"Her hair as dark as midnight
Sleek and wavy, trailing down.
Her skin as pale as moonlight
Projects a silvery glow all around.
The night so cool and quiet,
As the stars twinkle in the sky.
And all of nature stands in awe,
As this beauty passes by."

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References:
https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-lyric-poetry.html
https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-poems.html
https://writers.com/narrative-poem-definition
https://examples.yourdictionary.com/descriptive-poem-examples.html