Folksy poetry, <br />War poetry, <br />Lyrical poetry, <br />Elegiac poetry, <br />Romantic poetry, <br />Nature poetry, <br />Classical poetry, <br />Metaphysical poetry, <br />Humorous poetry, <br />Satiric poetry, <br />Witty poetry, <br />Ironical poetry, <br />Pessimistic poetry, <br />Optimistic poetry, <br />Modern poetry, <br />Modernist poetry, <br />Post-modern poetry, <br />Contemporary poetry, <br />New poetry. <br /> <br />Poetry poetry, <br />Starting from folk life <br />And literature, <br />Capitalizing on <br />Emotion, sentiment and feeling, <br />Dealing with war, <br />Loss and casualty, <br />Joy and sadness, <br />Turning to classicism <br />Through pedantry and scholasticism, <br />Rhyme and rhetoric, <br />Prosody and scansion <br />To comment, taunt and jibe <br />To laughter, smile, wit and humour <br />To irony and doublespeak, <br />The volt-face <br />To faith and doubt, <br />Discovery and adventure <br />To optimism and pessimism <br />To modernism and its beyond.<br /><br />Bijay Kant Dubey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/types-of-poetry/
