Narrative Poetry

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Hellen Torres, Beatriz Ayala, Liz De La Vega, Gustavo Rodriguez.

 ORIGIN
Pre-literate societies
Poetic devices such as rhythm,
rhyme and repetition made the
stories easier to memorize so that
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they could be transported over long

distances and passed on from
generation to generation.
 What narrative poetry is?
Tells a story using these elements:
● Plot. ● Climax.
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● Characters. ● Conflict.

● Setting (Time and place). ● An end with a resolution.

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● Theme. ● Poetic elements like rhythmic

● Dialogue. pattern.
 Narrative poems
include epics, ballads,
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idylls.
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 Characteristics of Narrative Poetry:
● Narrative poetry contains many of the same literary conventions found in novels and short stories
including plot, characterization, setting, conflict, tone, symbolism, dialogue, etc.

● In narrative poetry, the poem requires a narrator cto tell the story. The narrator may be a character
in the story, someone observing the action of the story, or someone retelling a story told to him.

● Like other forms of poetry, narrative poetry makes use of imagery, figurative language, and sound
patterns
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 Characteristics of Narrative Poetry:
● A narrative poem uses figurative language and poetic techniques. Many narrative poems follow a
rhyming pattern, though some use the free-verse style. Imagery -- including metaphors, similes
and hyperbole -- is also an important element of narrative poems. Some poets choose to write in
blank verse, while others utilize a variety of metrical patterns.
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● With the exception of epic poems, narrative poetry tells a story in a more condensed manner
than prose.
● The main purpose of narrative poetry is to entertain.
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● Narrative poems can be fictional or nonfictional. While the majority of narrative poems tell
fictional stories, narrative poetry can also be used to relate historical or biographical events.
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 Oral Tradition The poetry in the Bible is called
the Psalms, that capture stories
The oral tradition is the predecessor of essentially all of conquest, failure, confession
other modern forms of communication. and more. Some of it is narrative
in nature.
For thousands of years, cultures passed on their
history through the oral tradition from generation
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generation.
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 Historically, much of poetry has its
source in an oral tradition: in more
recent times the Scots and English
ballads, the tales of Robin Hood, of
Iskandar, and various Baltic and
Slavic heroic poems all were
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originally intended for recitation,

rather than reading
 List of narrative poems
● Don Juan by Lord Byron
● The Eve of St. Agnes by John Keats
● La Araucana, Spanish epic by Alonso de
Ercilla
● Cantar de mio Cid, (anonymous) medieval
Spanish epic
● Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson
● Beowulf, oldest known English poem
● The Book of the Duchess by Geoffrey
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Chaucer
● The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
● The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred,
Lord Tennyson
 A narrative poem usually tells a story
using a poetic theme. Epics are very
vital to narrative poems, although it is
thought those narrative poems were
created to explain oral traditions. The
focus of narrative poetry is often the
pros and cons of life
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