Lyric & Dramatic Poems – Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry4kids.com

poetic device: Lyric & Dramatic Poems

Lyric poems, not to be confused with song lyrics, are poems in which the poet expresses his or her emotions or feelings. This is as opposed to narrative poetry, which tells a story, or descriptive poetry. which gives a detailed description of something or someone.

Dramatic poems are lyric poems that are meant to be read aloud to express the feelings and emotions of the reader.

Can you figure out what emotions the narrator is expressing in each of these lyric poems? Try reading some of these poems out loud to see if you share their emotions.

Please Don’t Prank Your Parents

Nicknames

Lost and Found

My Kitten Is a Ninja

I Can’t Wait for Summer

I’m Counting the Days until Christmas

Suspense

I Think I’d Like to Get a Pet

I Can’t Get Enough of this Pokémon Go

Things You Don’t Need to Know

Zoom Gloom

Valentine’s Day Card

Pizza, Pizza, I Love You

Hottest Food Ever

I’m Srot of Srcmabled Up Tdaoy

Elaine the Complainer

I’d Like to Be a Movie Star

My Parents Both Are Humans

I’m Glad at Last It’s Halloween

Coming Soon!

Whenever It’s December

The First Day of School

My Girlfriend

A Hippo Is Bounding around on My Head

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