Directions: Below are summaries/themes of classical poems. Classify the poems as
LYRIC, NARRATIVE or DESCRIPTIVE.


1. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri talks about a man, generally assumed to be Dante himself, is miraculously enabled to undertake an ultramundane journey, which leads him to visit the souls in Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.

2. The poem “All Things Bright and Beautiful” by Cecil Frances Alexander tells about how great God Almighty is. The God who has given us eyes to see and lips to tell, the God who control the season, the God who controls the sun, and the God who creates and makes everything.

3. The “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” by Thomas Gray is a 1751 poem about the buried inhabitants of a country churchyard and a meditation on the inevitability of death for all.

4. This poem by Shakespeare which starts with the line, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” notes that the young man has qualities that surpass a summer's day.

5.The poem Ballad of a Mother’s Heart” by Jose La Villa Tierra talks about a young man who went out late at night to meet his maiden fair. He knelt down in tears and declared his true love towards her. The young girl wants him to prove it by bringing his mother’s heart, he did it without any tears or hesitations. It was raining hard yet he went to his love but on his way, he slipped and felt the pain. He remembered how good his mother is and a voice asked him “were you hurt, child?” It was coming from his mother’s heart.

ANSWERS
1. NARRATIVE
2. NARRATIVE
3. DESCRIPTIVE
4. DESCRIPTIVE
5. LYRIC

I HOPE IT HELPs. ​