Poetry
Poetry is a form of self expression, used to convey emotions or ideas. With the original intention to be read or spoken out loud, poetry makes use of rhyme, meter, diction to make the form of the poem sound pleasing to the ear, or at least, to the reader.
Due to it's compact form, words are normally chosen with care. Not only meaning of the words are crucial, the literal meanings and the images they depict, but the sounds of the words are important too. Syllables and sound adds to the musical quality of the poem which reflects the credibility of the poet.
Poetry is artistically rendered words to evoke strong emotions.
For example, the concept of poetry according to poets:
Wordsworth: "...poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings..."
Keats: "...if poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree, it had better not come at all..."
Drama
Drama is a story which is to be performed in front of an audience. The story unfolds itself in the form of dialogues and short narration to show the setting and the background, crucial and enables the audience to follow with the story line.
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