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An Introduction to Poetry 1. Kinds of Poetry 【In terms of content(内容)】: 1) Lyrical Poems（抒情诗） Songs（韵文)， odes （颂诗） ballads（民歌） 2) Narrative Poems（叙事诗） Epics (史诗) ( heroic poems) ballads（民谣） 3) Dramatic Poems（戏剧诗） usu. in dialogue; in blank verse 【In terms of metre(格律，韵律)】: 1) Metrical Poems（格律诗) Regular Rhyme; Regular Rhythm; Definite Number of Lines 2) Free Verse（自由诗） Irregular Rhyme and Rhythm; Irregular Number of Lines 3) Blank Verse（无韵诗） Without Rhyme; With Rhythm 2. Rhythm (韵律 节奏) The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables into a pattern. The function