Narrative poetry  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to:
navigation, search  Narrative poetry is a form of poetry that
tells a story, often making use of the voices of a narrator and
characters as well; the entire story is usually written in
metred verse. The poems that make up this genre may be short or
long, and the story it relates to may be complex. It is usually
dramatic, with objectives, diverse characters, and metre.[1]
Narrative poems include epics, ballads, idylls, and lays.
Shorter narrative poems are often similar in style to the short
story. Sometimes these short narratives are collected into
interrelated groups, as with Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Some
literatures contain prose narratives that include poems and
poetic interludes; much Old Irish poetry is contained within
prose narratives, and the Old Norse sagas include both
incidental poetry and the biographies of poets. An example is
"The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robert Service.  Oral
tradition[edit]  The Oral Tradition predates ess