Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Associated Concepts Facet
3. Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
4. [concepts in the arts and humanities]
5. [genres in literature and performing arts]
6. [genres for literature]
7. [poetry and poems]

Narrower term/s

• [poems by form][+]
  • concrete poems
  • pattern poems
  • sonnets
  • sestinas
  • tankas (poems)
  • quatrains
  • terza rima
  • narrative poems [+]
    • epic poems
  • couplets
  • mahakavyas
  • epyllia
• [poems by function][+]
  • elegies
  • odes
  • occasional poems
  • limericks
  • epithalamia
  • humorous poetry
  • literary calaveras

Anotations

Scope note:

Written or oral compositions characterized by condensed language chosen for sound and suggestive power as well as meaning, and by the use of such literary techniques as structured meter, natural cadences, rhyme, or metaphor.