Dramatic poetry is drama, written in verse form, that is
either sung or could be.
Sub-categories of dramatic poetry
include comedies and tragedies. Ballads have been considered dramatic poetry as
well.
Although today, Shakespeare's plays are not really
considered dramatic poetry so much as they are considered dramas, most of his plays are
written in (or adhere closely to) iambic
pentameter.
Probably Sophocles is a more common name in
dramatic poetry. Oeidpus and Antigone are two of his most famous plays that were
originally written with a very rigid structure and could have been considered dramatic
poetry.
Generally speaking, it is thought that dramatic
poetry originated with the very first dramas, as it was a way to write long lines that
were easily memorized. Since then, the term "dramatic poetry" is rarely used, as we've
branched our literature into either "drama" or "poetry." I think it goes without say
though, that most classic drama is written in verse form.
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