1. Narrative Poetry

2. Narrative Poetry Narrative Poetry
- combines elements of poetry with elements of storytelling.
- poetry with a plot; poetry that tells a story

3. Narrative Poetry Common types:
Epic - long narrative poem containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.
Ballad - narrative poem that tells a story and is set to music
Idyll - a short poem that describes rustic life.

4. Famous Narrative Poems
Most of the famous epics
The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow