Verse written to praise a person, mark an event or console mourners, including the panegyric spoken or written in high praise, the epithalamium sung for a bride and bridegroom, the country house poem that compliments a patron through a description of his estate, and obituary poetry that consoles the bereaved. A form belongs here when its cited article describes it as verse of praise, celebration, compliment or consolation for a particular person or occasion. It excludes general elegies and laments, which have their own group.
Praise, Occasion and Memorial Verse
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Wikipedia: Poetical testament
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Poetical testament is a poem genre, somewhat similar to a brief autobiography or last will in verse, in which the poet usually conveys his or her ideologies and beliefs, as well as wishes and hopes.
Wikipedia: Panegyric
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A panegyric (US: or UK: ) or praise poem is a formal public speech or written verse, delivered in high praise of a person or thing.
Epithalamium (Wikipedia)
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It was originally among the Greeks a song in praise of bride and bridegroom, sung by a number of boys and girls at the door of the nuptial chamber.
Country house poem - Wikipedia
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A country house poem is a poem in which the author compliments a wealthy patron or a friend through a description of his country house.
Obituary poetry - Wikipedia
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The genre consists largely of sentimental narrative verse that tells the story of the demise of its typically named subjects and seeks to console their mourners with descriptions of their happy afterlife.
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