State the difference between poetry and drama.
State the difference between poetry and drama.
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| Drama | Poetry |
| 1. Drama is a composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors imitating the characters and speaking the dialogue. | 1. Poetry is a verse or a poetic presentation for recitation than performance. |
| 2. Drama is presentation in acts and scenes and dialogues. | 2. Poetry is presented in the form of stanzas and recited in rhyme and rhythm |
| 3. Drama is factual and realistic in its theme and message. | 3. Poetry is imaginative and visualizes the experience or scenario. |
| 4. Drama consists of a beginning, middle and end. It’s complete in itself.
E.g. Pygmalion by Georgr Bernard Shaw. |
4. Poetry doesn’t bother to be compact. It is beyond time, place and reason.
E.g. Ozymandias by the poet P. B. Shelley. |
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