1. Types of Poetry

2. Narrative poetry
poetry that tells a story and has many elements of a narrative (plot, characters, setting, etc)

3. Narrative poetry
Does the poem have a plot characters? setting? climax? In other words, does it tell a story?

4. Dramatic poetry
The speaker of the poem is someone other than the poet

5. Dramatic poetry
In the poem, who is speaking? What is the poet’s name?

6. Lyric poetry
A poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet, who is the speaker

7. Lyric poetry Does the poem go into how the poet feels about something?
Is the poet the speaker?

8. Lyric poetry
A poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet
“The Courage That
My Mother Had”

9. Dramatic poetry The speaker of the poem is someone other than the poet
“George Gray”

10. Narrative poetry
poetry that tells a story and has many elements of a narrative (plot, characters, setting, etc)
“Casey at the Bat”