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7. POEMS. POEM TYPES
What are the different types of poems? Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, first let’s consider this: “when we read poetry less as a form and more as a concept, we can see the poetic all around us.” Perhaps it’s helpful to think of poetry as an artistic medium rather than a structural form.
I’ve found that focusing less on the intricacies of form, and more on the feeling that poetry evokes has helped me appreciate poetry more, whether it be blank-verse, prose poetry, or rap. That quote was taken from a TED-ed by Melissa Kovacs. I highly recommend you check out the video below:
No matter who you are, you’re bound to have preconceptions about poetry — I know I did and, in many ways, still do. There's a large swath of people who believe poetry is an elitist, self-congratulatory field — and that’s a well-warranted perspective; there certainly are a lot of stuck-up poets.
But hey, maybe that’s what comes with four thousand years of history — perhaps one day film will be regarded in the same way. Without further ado, let’s jump into a poem definition.
The first types of poems were epic
We can trace poetry all the way back to the Ancient world, in Egypt, Greece, India, and Sumeria. Some of the most influential poems of all time come from this period, and they were epic. No, not epic as in the adjective “epic” but epic in the sense that they were epic poems. But what are epic poems?
Epic Poems
Epic poems are poems of extraordinary length that usually follow a hero’s journey across a vast, and often mythological world.

Examples of epic poems: The Epic of Gilgamesh (Sumeria), Beowulf (England), The Iliad (Greece), The Odyssey (Greece), The Mahābhārata (India), The Ramayana (India), and The Divine Comedy (Italy).

For more on how The Epic of Gilgamesh laid the groundwork for Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey template, check out the video below:
Nowadays, epic poems have gone out of style, but the core idea of what made them so great, lives on in literature, film, and video games.
Epic poems weren’t the only types of poems that existed in the ancient world -- there were different kinds of poems as well, like those of the lyric and dramatic kind. During this period, China had its own different kinds of poems as well, which we refer to today as the Classic of Poetry.
Lyric Poems
Lyric poems are personal poems, usually written in the first person, and often accompanied by some sort of musical instrumentation. Iambs and trochees are often used in lyrical poems. One could argue that Shakespeare’s use of iambic pentameter is poetic, although he used it mostly in his plays.
Dramatic Poems
Dramatic poems are poems that are meant to be spoken aloud. The subject matter of dramatic poems are almost always tragic.