what is an elegy,ode.sonnet,lyric and ballad poems?

 A lyric poem is a comparatively short, non-narrative poem in which a single speaker presents a state of mind or an emotional state. Lyric poetry retains some of the elements of song which is said to be its origin: For Greek writers the lyric was a song accompanied by the lyre.

Subcategories of the lyric are, for example elegy, ode, sonnet and dramatic monologue and most occasional poetry:

In modern usage, elegy is a formal lament for the death of a particular person (for example Tennyson’s In Memoriam A.H.H.). More broadly defined, the term elegy is also used for solemn meditations, often on questions of death, such as Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.

An ode is a long lyric poem with a serious subject written in an elevated style. Famous examples are Wordsworth’s Hymn to Duty or Keats’ Ode to a Grecian Urn.

The sonnet was originally a love poem which dealt with the lover’s sufferings and hopes.

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 A ballad is a song, originally transmitted orally, which tells a story. It is an important form of folk poetry which was adapted for literary uses from the sixteenth century onwards. The ballad stanza is usually a four-line stanza, alternating tetrameter and trimeter.

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Elegy : A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead

  • A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter is ode. A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line is a sonnet poem. A lyric poem or a verse. Ballad is a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas.
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A poem having 14 lines is a sonnet.

A ballad is a narrative poem telling a story. It is usually set in  a rural setting.

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