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en-wikipedia-org-9544		Narrative poetry - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1172	159	69	Narrative poetry Wikipedia The poems that make up this genre may be short or long, and the story it relates to may be complex. It is normally dramatic, with objectives, diverse and meter.[1] Narrative poems include epics, ballads, idylls, and lays. Some narrative poetry takes the form of a novel in verse. In the terms of narrative poetry, a romance is a narrative poem that tells a story of chivalry. 2 List of narrative poems Historically, much of poetry has its source in an oral tradition: in more recent times the Scots and English ballads, the tales of Robin Hood, of Iskandar, and various Baltic and Slavic heroic poems all were originally intended for recitation, rather than reading. A narrative poem usually tells a story using a poetic theme. List of narrative poems[edit] Media related to Narrative poems at Wikimedia Commons Categories: Narrative poems	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9544.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9544.txt