NARRATIVE AND POETRY

We've been talking about Narratives, that Narrative is a sequence of events, we have a plot, characters,etc..
But now do you think that poetry can narrate a story?Well, first let's see the definition of poem.

po·em (pōˈəm)
noun

1. A verbal composition designed to convey experiences, ideas, or emotions in a vivid and imaginative way, characterized by the use of language chosen for its sound and suggestive power and by the use of literary techniques such as meter, metaphor, and rhyme.

http://www.yourdictionary.com/poem

So now I think you will agree with me, when I tell you that a poem CAN narrate a story.
So let's read together a beautiful poem called ANNABEL LEE  by  Allan Poe one of the most admired poets of American Lterature.

Annabel Lee

By Edgar Allan Poe 1809–1849 Edgar Allan Poe

It was many and many a year ago,

   In a kingdom by the sea,

That a maiden there lived whom you may know

   By the name of Annabel Lee;

And this maiden she lived with no other thought

   Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,

   In this kingdom by the sea,

But we loved with a love that was more than love—

   I and my Annabel Lee—

With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven

   Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,

   In this kingdom by the sea,

A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling

   My beautiful Annabel Lee;

So that her highborn kinsmen came

   And bore her away from me,

To shut her up in a sepulchre

   In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,

   Went envying her and me—

Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,

   In this kingdom by the sea)

That the wind came out of the cloud by night,

   Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love

   Of those who were older than we—

   Of many far wiser than we—

And neither the angels in Heaven above

   Nor the demons down under the sea

Can ever dissever my soul from the soul

   Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams

   Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes

   Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side

   Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride,

   In her sepulchre there by the sea—

   In her tomb by the sounding sea.

We can also find the poetry reading of the poem and a song , as this poem has a great musicality It's not difficult to do it, and It tells the story of a beautiful maiden called Annabel Lee.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=349ln9QbafA&feature=related               The song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4bb_6MmgZo&feature=related           Poetry Reading

In Brazil we can find a poem narrating a story such as "Cantiga" by Alvares de Azevedo

http://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/Cantiga_(%C3%81lvares_de_Azevedo)

I hope you enjoy your reading, and Why not?You can try to Write a poem telling a story, It must be funny!