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Distinctive Features of Poetry

The document defines and compares three genres of creative writing: poetry, fiction, and drama. Poetry is a form that uses meter, rhythm, and stylized language. Fiction is a made-up story told in prose that can incorporate imaginary concepts. Drama is a play meant for theatrical performance using dialogue, characters, and stage directions to potentially reproduce real life or convey sociopolitical messages. Each genre has its own unique elements, inspirations, typical works, and purposes for the author or playwright.

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Distinctive Features of Poetry

The document defines and compares three genres of creative writing: poetry, fiction, and drama. Poetry is a form that uses meter, rhythm, and stylized language. Fiction is a made-up story told in prose that can incorporate imaginary concepts. Drama is a play meant for theatrical performance using dialogue, characters, and stage directions to potentially reproduce real life or convey sociopolitical messages. Each genre has its own unique elements, inspirations, typical works, and purposes for the author or playwright.

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POETRY FICTION DRAMA


A play for theater
A form of text that follows a
A made-up story (usually told by character
Definition meter and rhythm, with each
prose) dialogue and
line and syllable
performance.
Voice, diction, imagery,
Plot, exposition,
figures of speech,
foreshadowing, rising Dialogues, and stage
Elements symbolism and allegory,
action, climax, falling directions
syntax, sound, rhythm and
action, and resolution
meter, and structure
Advanced vocabulary
infused with imagery.
The language:
Ample symbolism,
theatrical and
Unique Stylized and figurative metaphor, and allegory.
ritualistic manner;
feature language Fictional work can
reproduction of real
combine fantastic and
life
imaginary concepts from
daily life.
Playwrights’
socioeconomic
Incorporate fantastical status, personal
The work of other writers
Inspiration and imaginary ideas from background,
and their own lives
everyday life religious or political
position, and their
purpose in writing
Epic poem, narrative,
romantic, dramatic, and
lyric
- Dramatic poetry: Realistic, non-realistic, Comedy, tragedy,
Genres
melodrama, tragedy, and and semi-fiction and tragicomedy
comedy
- Other poems: ode, sonnet,
elegy, ballad, song, and epic
The message is delivered
A few dramatists use
from the poet's point of
Depending on genres and their characters as a
view. In analyzing, you can
Message works vehicle to convey
discuss whether you agree
their thoughts and
or disagree with that point
values.
of view.
Romeo & Juliet -
To Kill a Mockingbird -
William Shakespeare
Ariel – Sylvia Plath Harper Lee
Works Oedipus Rex, and
Mother Love – Rita Dove Pride and Prejudice –
Antigone -
Jane Austen
Sophocles

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