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What were the three chief forms of Elizabethan poetry?

What were the three chief forms of Elizabethan poetry?
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    2. Poonam Sharma
      literarian

      The chief forms of Elizabethan poetry were the sonnet, the epigram, and the elegy.

      1. The sonnet consists of fourteen lines, and although its form suggests that it is a love poem, it frequently discusses other topics.
      2. The epigram is a short poem often with an admonitory or moral theme.
      3. The elegy is a serious poem that forms a memorial to the dead.

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