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Narrative Poetry Notes
•1. Tells a story
•2. Like a short story, it has a plot,
characters, setting and theme.
•3. Unlike a short story, it is written
in verse with a definite rhythm,
or beat.
•4. Some verses rhyme.
The Epic
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Long narrative poem
A narrator tells the story
The theme is important
Setting is huge like a sea, region, or world
Has a hero
Includes superhuman deeds such as battling
with natural and supernatural obstacles
7. Epic poem is to teach as well as to entertain