The pastoral is a particular kind of descriptive and narrative poem in which the scene is laid in the country.
The idyll is, according to the etymology of its name, a "little picture." Tennyson's Idylls of the King are rather more epic than idyllic in the strict sense of the term. The terms idyll and pastoral are not definitely discriminated.
Lyric poetry is poetry expressing personal feeling or emotion and in tuneful form. Songs are the simplest examples of lyric poetry; formal odes, such as Wordsworth's on "Immortality," the most elaborate. A lyric does not primarily tell a story, but it may imply one or refer to one.
The elegy is a reflective lyric prompted by the death of some one. Tennyson's In Memoriam is a collection of elegiac lyrics.
A hymn is a religious lyric.
Dramatic poetry presents human life in speech and action.
A tragedy is a serious drama which presents its hero in a losing struggle ending in his death.
A comedy does not end in death, and is usually cheerful and humorous.
The dramatic monologue is a poem in which a dramatic situation is presented, or perhaps a story is told, by one speaker.
Satire in verse aims to correct abuses, to ridicule persons, etc.
Didactic poetry has the purpose of teaching.
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