This document provides an outline for exploring poetry. It discusses the main types of poetry including narrative, lyric, epigram, ode, aubade, and sonnet. It also covers poetic devices such as voice, tone, diction, imagery, figurative language, and symbolism. Figurative language discussed includes simile, metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, personification, and hyperbole. Cultural and literary symbols are also defined. Students are assigned to analyze a poem in a written report with a specified format and deadline.