Orientation
Oral poetry→Epic poetry→ Lyric poetry
Epic poetry: a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.
For example: The Iliad, The Odyssey
Lyric poetry:a form of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person.The term derives from a form of Ancient Greek literature, the lyric, which was defined by its musical accompaniment , usually on a stringed instrument known as a lyre.
Lyre(七弦琴): a string instrument known for its use in Greek classical antiquity and later.
Lyre
Lesbian: This word derived from Sappho of Lesbos.
→Sappho of Lesbos: a Greek lyric poet, born on the island of Lesbos. She was the first lesbian in the world.
Sappho's statue (5th century BC)
*Lesbos— a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea
Lesbos
Genre: 1. the term for any category of literature 2. other forms of art or entertainment
Literature→Drama, Poetry, Fiction
di- : two, twice or double
For example: difference, divorce, diverse
ori- : beginning
For example: orientation, oriental, original
pre- : before
For example: prefix, predict
sym- : with, in company with, together with
For example: sympathy
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