Epic, or historical; dramatic, or representative,--from drama, the
name of all compositions adapted to recitation on the stage--in which
are displayed, for instruction and amusement, all the passions,
feelings, errors, and virtues of the human race in real life; lyric
poetry, or that suited to music, as songs, odes, &c; didactic, or
instructive; elegiac, or sentimental, and affecting; satirical, or
censorious; epigrammatic, or witty and ludicrous; and pastoral, or
descriptive of country life.

_Historical_, relating to history.

_Lyric_, pertaining to a lyre.

_Didactic_, doctrinal; relating to doctrines or opinions.

_Elegiac_, relating to elegy; mournful, sorrowful.

_Elegy_, a mournful song: a funeral composition; a short
poem without points or affected elegance.

_Satirical_, severe in language; relating to satire.

_Satire_, a poem in which wickedness or folly is censured.

_Epigrammatic_, relating to epigram,--a short poem ending in
a particular point or meaning, understood but not expressed.

_Pastoral_, from _pastor_, a shepherd; relating to rural
employments and those belonging to shepherds.