The verse is that of narrative poetry; the refrain is not purely lyrical and does not come in at regular intervals.
Further, among the poems which come nearer to the English form of narrative poetry there is the very greatest variety of scale.
Narrative poetry, as may be inferred from its name, relates events which may be either real or imaginary.
It may be well to note here that it is not always possible to draw definite lines between two different kinds of narrative poetry.
Narrative poetry can in a short time narrate things that happen in many days or months or even years; but scenic poetry, which spends as many hours in representing things as it actually takes to do them in life, does quite otherwise.
French romantic story like the Lais of Marie de France; while Sir Tristrem represents no French style of narrative poetry, and is not very successful (though technically very interesting) as an original English experiment in poetical form.
He adopts a peculiar stanza, not one of the easiest--a stanza more fitted for lyric than narrative poetry, and which is actually used for lyrical verse by the poet Laurence Minot.
The history of narrative poetry is generally easier than the history of lyric, partly because the subjects are more distinct and more easily traceable.
Lyric poetry flourished at popular assemblies and festivals, and was kept alive in oral tradition much more easily than narrative poetry was.
Lyric and Narrative In narrative poetry, no less than in drama, we must note the intrusion of the lyric mood, as well as the influence of lyric forms.
Many minor species of narrative poetry, like verse satire and allegory, are often composed in traditional lyric patterns.
After classifying Tennyson's narrative poetry, how many of his themes seem to you to be of his own invention?
What we are accustomed to call, rather vaguely, romance is a persistent quality in narrative poetry, and is not limited to the literature of any particular age or rank of society.
A fluent versifier, he delighted especially in the composition of narrative poetry, which he adorned with ornate description and superb decoration.
It is beyond the scope of this introduction to make any but a passing reference to the forms of versification which have been used in narrative poetry.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "narrative poetry" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
