Types of Poem
Narrative poem: A narrative poem tells a story. It has a full storyline with all the features of a traditional story. They are characters, plot, conflict and resolution, setting and action. It is a metered poem with clear objectives to reach a specific audience. These poems have been borrowed from oral poetic narratives from different cultures. Narrative poems include old epics, lays and ballads. Example : "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door— Only this and nothing more.” This is a famous narrative poem by an American story writer and Poet, Edgar Allen Poe. It tells about a Raven who visits a...