Writing for an audience

Narrative Poetry

Narrative poetry tells stories through verse.  Like a novel or short story, a narrative poem has plot, characters, and setting.  Using a range of poetic techniques such as rhyme and meter, narrative poetry presents a series of events, often including action and dialogue. (https://www.thoughtco.com/narrative-poetry-definition-examples-4580441)

Amanda Gorman reads, 'The Hill We Climb', an inaugural poem for the country, recited at the inaugural ceremony of President J Biden.

The Raven

by Edgar Allen Poe

Read by James Earl Jones