Some examples of dramatic poetry

Answer 1

THE DREAM CALLED LIFE

by: Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681)

DREAM it was in which I found myself.

And you that hail me now, then hailed me king,

In a brave palace that was all my own,

Within, and all without it, mine; until,

Drunk with excess of majesty and pride,

Methought I towered so big and swelled so wide

That of myself I burst the glittering bubble

Which my ambition had about me blown

And all again was darkness. Such a dream

As this, in which I may be walking now,

Dispensing solemn justice to you shadows,

Who make believe to listen; but anon

Kings, princes, captains, warriors, plume and steel,

Ay, even with all your airy theatre,

May flit into the air you seem to rend

With acclamations, leaving me to wake

In the dark tower; or dreaming that I wake

From this that waking is; or this and that,

Both waking and both dreaming; such a doubt

Confounds and clouds our mortal life about.

But whether wake or dreaming, this I know

How dreamwise human glories come and go;

Whose momentary tenure not to break,

Walking as one who knows he soon may wake,

So fairly carry the full cup, so well

Disordered insolence and passion quell,

That there be nothing after to upbraid

Dreamer or doer in the part he played;

Whether tomorrow's dawn shall break the spell,

Or the last Trumpet of the Eternal Day,

When dreaming, with the night, shall pass away

"The Law of The Jungle." By Rudyard Kipling

Now this is the Law of the Jungle --

as old and as true as the sky;

And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper,

but the Wolf that shall break it must die.

As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk

the Law runneth forward and back --

For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf,

and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

Wash daily from nose-tip to tail-tip;

drink deeply, but never too deep;

And remember the night is for hunting,

and forget not the day is for sleep.

The Jackal may follow the Tiger,

but, Cub, when thy whiskers are grown,

Remember the Wolf is a Hunter --

go forth and get food of thine own.

Keep peace withe Lords of the Jungle --

the Tiger, the Panther, and Bear.

And trouble not Hathi the Silent,

and mock not the Boar in his lair.

When Pack meets with Pack in the Jungle,

and neither will go from the trail,

Lie down till the leaders have spoken --

it may be fair words shall prevail.

When ye fight with a Wolf of the Pack,

ye must fight him alone and afar,

Lest others take part in the quarrel,

and the Pack be diminished by war.

The Lair of the Wolf is his refuge,

and where he has made him his home,

Not even the Head Wolf may enter,

not even the Council may come.

The Lair of the Wolf is his refuge,

but where he has digged it too plain,

The Council shall send him a message,

and so he shall change it again.

If ye kill before midnight, be silent,

and wake not the woods with your bay,

Lest ye frighten the deer from the crop,

and your brothers go empty away.

Ye may kill for yourselves, and your mates,

and your cubs as they need, and ye can;

But kill not for pleasure of killing,

and seven times never kill Man!

If ye plunder his Kill from a weaker,

devour not all in thy pride;

Pack-Right is the right of the meanest;

so leave him the head and the hide.

The Kill of the Pack is the meat of the Pack.

Ye must eat where it lies;

And no one may carry away of that meat to his lair,

or he dies.

The Kill of the Wolf is the meat of the Wolf.

He may do what he will;

But, till he has given permission,

the Pack may not eat of that Kill.

Cub-Right is the right of the Yearling.

From all of his Pack he may claim

Full-gorge when the killer has eaten;

and none may refuse him the same.

Lair-Right is the right of the Mother.

From all of her year she may claim

One haunch of each kill for her litter,

and none may deny her the same.

Cave-Right is the right of the Father --

to hunt by himself for his own:

He is freed of all calls to the Pack;

he is judged by the Council alone.

Because of his age and his cunning,

because of his gripe and his paw,

In all that the Law leaveth open,

the word of your Head Wolf is Law.

Now these are the Laws of the Jungle,

and many and mighty are they;

But the head and the hoof of the Law

and the haunch and the hump is -- Obey!

Answer 2

Some examples of dramatic poetry include "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles, "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare, "Faust" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and "The Ring and the Book" by Robert Browning. These works typically feature characters engaging in dialogue to tell a story, often exploring themes of fate, power, and morality.

Answer 3

Dramatic poetry is essentially where the speaker's voice in the poem is not that of the poet. Dramatic monologues also fall under the umbrella of dramatic poetry.

Some examples of dramatic poetry are 'The Runaway' by Robert Frost, and 'My Last Duchess' by Robert Browning.

More contemporary examples of dramatic poetry include several written by Carol Ann Duffy, such as 'Mrs Darwin,' 'Frau Freud,' and 'Anne Hathaway.'

Answer 4

role play

declamation

Answer 5

TITI!