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Question
Taking the help of a dictionary/internet guess and write the type of poem against its description.
A short story poem with a message ______.
Options
Sonnet
Epic
Limerick
Lyric
Ballad
Humorous
Elegy
Idyll
Free verse
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Solution
A short story poem with a message Ballad.
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