Question: what are the forms of oral poetry?
Answer: Epics (sung, multi-episodic–long–poetry; Homer, Africa, Turkey, etc.)
Ballads (sung narrative poem with a single episode)
Panegyric Odes (to praise rulers and heros; Africa, Oceania)
Lyric Poetry (relatively short, non-narrative, sung poem – most of our songs, psalms, hymns, etc.)