Talk:Poetry

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Traditional/Modern nomenclature

Doesn't seem correct. Is Shakespeare's blank verse considered "modern?" Come to think of it, does Beowulf rhyme? I don't think so. Dpbsmith 14:16, 9 April 2007 (EDT)

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Regardless of whether it is traditional or modern poetry, the subject of a poem can be anything. It could be about something as intense as suicide, or as mundane as watching television. Since there are so many poems written about the important parts of life that affect all [[human]s (marriage, death, love, and the natural world), there are names for poems with these subjects. Clearly, not all poems fit into these categories.

   * epithalamium - a poem that celebrates a wedding
   * elegy - a poem that remembers the dead
   * pastoral - a poem describing the joys or sorrows of living close to nature and away from the city
   * love - a poem filled with expressions of joy, despair, passion, romance, spirituality, religion or unrequited love.