14 lines with a formal rhyming scheme or pattern

a long rambling love story in verse revolving around adventures of knights and lords and their highborn ladies during the age of chivalry

it is a single character in a specific situation at a critical moment

can be finished in one sitting

this aims to explain and elucidate an idea, theory, impression or point of view

a lament or expression of mourning for the dead

a long, majestic narrative poem which tell the exploits of a traditional hero and development of a nation

a kind of dramatic poetry where no one is present to hear the character, the emotions are displayed and revelations are made freely without inhibitions

an extensive prose narrative where there is a greater number and variety of characters, more complicated plot, elaborate use of setting and complexity of theme

this has a purpose to convince and persuade

sung or can be easily set to music

has a well-developed plot and relates real or imaginary events in simple, straightforward language

This type of Dramatic Poetry is where the poet serves as an observer/commentator and it is after the characters not the story

– a series of imagined facts which illustrates truths about human life

a record of human life written by someone else

the most majestic type of poetry

short, simple narrative poem sung

this is written by person itself so it is more revealing

a kind of poetry that is brief and subjective, marked by imagination, melody and emotion, and creating a single, unified expression

tells a story following a chronology of events

significant events in which author was a witness or a participant