Between the forms of drama, poetry, and short story there are some specific similarities and dissimilarities. The primary similarity between a drama, poetry, and a short story is the element of setting. It is to be kept in mind that no poem, no drama, or no short story can be accepted as worthy if it is devoid of any kind of historical, physical or geographic context and though in respect of some science fictions, or horror stories, or fairytales these contexts may be ignored, it is never worthy to ignore these aspects while going through a more serious literary form. And hence, each and every good drama, poetry, or short story has specific settings which relate the works with particular historical, or physical, or geographical context. But it can be a folly on our part to think that there are no such major differences between these literary forms. Pivotally in respect of structure these three genres of literary works differ. To be explicit, the structure of a short story is thoroughly dependent on the mode of narration whereas the structure of a drama depends on the dialogues written for the characters. Poetry, on the other hand differs entirely from