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Divisions of Literature

This document outlines the main divisions and types of literature. Prose is divided into paragraphs and uses straightforward discussions, while poetry uses metrical composition and suggests meanings indirectly. The types of prose include novels, short stories, plays, legends, fables, anecdotes and essays. Poetry is divided into narrative, lyric and dramatic forms. Narrative poetry includes epics, metrical tales and ballads. Lyric poetry contains folk songs, sonnets, elegies, odes and psalms. Dramatic poetry consists of comedies, melodramas, tragedies, farces and social poems.

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Divisions of Literature

This document outlines the main divisions and types of literature. Prose is divided into paragraphs and uses straightforward discussions, while poetry uses metrical composition and suggests meanings indirectly. The types of prose include novels, short stories, plays, legends, fables, anecdotes and essays. Poetry is divided into narrative, lyric and dramatic forms. Narrative poetry includes epics, metrical tales and ballads. Lyric poetry contains folk songs, sonnets, elegies, odes and psalms. Dramatic poetry consists of comedies, melodramas, tragedies, farces and social poems.

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DIVISIONS OF LITERATURE

PROSE POETRY
- Divided into paragraphs - Divided into stanzas / lines
- Does not make use of metrical - Makes use of metrical composition
composition
- Meanings are not directly stated but
- Discussions are straightforward are simply suggested
- Uses commonplace words - Uses ornamental vocabulary
TYPES OF PROSE
1. NOVEL
I t is a long narrative consisting of
several chapters.
2. SHORT STORY
A narrative involving one or more
characters, one plot and one
impression.
3. PLAY
A narrative intended for performance
by actors on a stage and is divided into
scenes and acts.
4. LEGEND
A traditional tale thought to have a
historical basis, as in the legends of
King Arthur or Robin Hood. There are
legendary aspects such as heroes
performing actions possible for
ordinary humans that distinguish a
legend from a myth.
5. FABLE
Fables are brief fictitious stories that teach a
moral. In most fables, the characters are not
humans. They are animals, plants, or some
normally inanimate object that talks and acts
like a person. Fables are written both in prose
and in verse.
6. ANECDOTE
Anecdotes are products of the writer’s
imagination and its purpose is to give
lessons.
7. ESSAY
An expression of the writer’s viewpoint
about an issue or problem.
TYPES OF POETRY
A. NARRATIVE

T his type of poetry deals with important events in life either real or imaginary and
is divided into:
1. EPIC

A long narrative poem


recounting heroic deeds.
2. METRICAL TALE

A type of narrative poem


that has an absolute
acquired story that is usually
in the form of verse or
poem.
3. BALLAD

The simplest and shortest


narrative which tells of a
single incident.
B. LYRIC

T his poetry is sung with the accompaniment of a lyre. It is short, simple, and easily
understood. The types of lyric poetry are:
1. FOLK SONG (AWITING BAYAN)

A short poem intended to


be sung and is about love,
despair, grief, doubt, joy,
hope and sorrow.
2. SONNET

It consists of fourteen lines


about an emotion, a feeling
or idea. A sonnet can be
Italian or Shakespearean.
3. ELEGY

It is a lyric poem about


death.
4. ODE

It is a poem expressing
noble feelings. This poem
does not have a definite
number of syllables and
lines.
5. PSALM (DALIT)

A song praising God or the


Virgin Mary.
C. DRAMATIC

T his type of poetry is vividly expressive. It is divided into:


1. COMEDY

It is a poetry of festivity or
revelry and is intended to
amuse the readers or
listeners.
2. MELODRAMA

It is used in musical plays


and arouses intense
emotions.
3. TRAGEDY

It shows the hero constantly


struggling against dynamic
forces.
4. FARCE

This poem is an
exaggerated comedy. Most
of its situations are too
ridiculous.
5. SOCIAL POEM

This type is purely comic or


tragic.

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