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'''Poetry''' is the most compressed form of [[literature]]. It is composed of carefully chosen [[word]]s expressing great depth of meaning. Poetry uses specific devices such as [[connotation]], alliteration, and rhythm to express the appropriate combination of meaning and [[emotion]].
There are two basic types of poetry:
* ''traditional'' - poetry that follows standard rules of grammar and syntax with a regular rhythm and rhyme scheme.
* ''modern'' - avoids rhyme and standard grammatical organization and seeks new ways of expression.
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.
There are two basic types of poetry:
* ''traditional'' - poetry that follows standard rules of grammar and syntax with a regular rhythm and rhyme scheme.
* ''modern'' - avoids rhyme and standard grammatical organization and seeks new ways of expression.
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.