Narrative poetry Basically, narrative poetry is a form of poetry that tells a story in the form of verse as a whole from the beginning to the very end. The story can be long as well as short .From thousands of years narrative poems were recited to make a simple story more interesting and enjoyable so that is one reason that this form is still in use. A narrative poem contains the elements of a story such as characters, introduction, plot, climax and resolution. Although it doesn’t need to rhyme but some rhyme schemes such as "ABCB" are applied which means that the second and fourth line must rhyme while the first and third line should not rhyme to agree with the rhyme scheme. Narrative poetry can also be written in blank verse that means unrhymed lines of poem written in iambic pentameter. Examples of narrative poetry include fables, ballads, legends and epics. The following given is an example of a narrative poem, it is taken from the famous fable of the hare and the turtle...
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