What do I know about Poetry?

For this week of poetry, I think I would like to read some epic poetry. I’d like to read some of the Odyssey, and some of the Aeneid. Wikipedia has a page that gives the titles of epic poetry through the ages (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_poetry). If it is correct, then last week I read some mock epic (?) poetry, Don Juan by Lord Byron. In the past I have read some of El cantar de mio cid, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Martín Fierro, The Divine Comedy, Beowulf, and probably some others that I can’t remember.

I would also like to read some lyric and dramatic poetry although I am not sure where to start. Last week I read some Wordsworth, Keats, Shelley, and Lord Byron (can you guess what I was studying in my class?) which seem to be lyric poetry. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyric_poetry). I don’t really know what dramatic poetry is but Wikipedia says “Dramatic verse occurs in a dramatic work, such as a play, composed in poetic form.” It goes on to say that it includes dramatic monologues. I don’t know how correct that is though.  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verse_drama_and_dramatic_verse).

I have read some poetry from Latin America, such as Pablo Neruda, Ruben Darío, and Gabriela Mistral. I look forward to reading more poetry and learning more about the terms used to describe poetry and other literature.