2. Narrative Poetry Notes 1. Tells a story 1. Tells a story 2. Like a short story, it has a plot, 2. Like a short story, it has a plot, characters, setting and theme. characters, setting and theme. 3. Unlike a short story, it is written 3. Unlike a short story, it is written in verse with a definite rhythm, in verse with a definite rhythm, or beat. or beat. 4. Some verses rhyme. 4. Some verses rhyme.

3. The Epic 1. Long narrative poem 1. Long narrative poem 2. A narrator tells the story 2. A narrator tells the story 3. The theme is important 3. The theme is important 4. Setting is huge like a sea, region, or world 4. Setting is huge like a sea, region, or world 5. Has a hero 5. Has a hero 6. Includes superhuman deeds such as battling 6. Includes superhuman deeds such as battling with natural and supernatural obstacles with natural and supernatural obstacles 7. Epic poem is to teach as well as to entertain 7. Epic poem is to teach as well as to entertain