A comedy does not end in death, and is usually cheerful and humorous.
 Walter Scott, The Lady of the Lake (1810). copy citation

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Author Walter Scott
Source The Lady of the Lake
Topic death comedy
Date 1810
Language English
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“Tennyson's In Memoriam is a collection of elegiac lyrics. A hymn is a religious lyric. Dramatic poetry presents human life in speech and action. A tragedy is a serious drama which presents its hero in a losing struggle ending in his death. A comedy does not end in death, and is usually cheerful and humorous. The dramatic monologue is a poem in which a dramatic situation is presented, or perhaps a story is told, by one speaker. Satire in verse aims to correct abuses, to ridicule persons, etc. Didactic poetry has the purpose of teaching.” source