Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Idylls of the King by Lord Alfred Tennyson
This is the full text of the cycle of twelve narrative poems Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson which retells the legend of King Arthur, his knights, his love for Guinevere and her tragic betrayal of him, and the rise and fall...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
This is the complete text of the long narrative poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; it includes seven parts,
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The University of Virginia provides the full text of the Middle English narrative poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."
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On "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Acclaimed literary critic Dana Gioia analyzes Longfellow's classic narrative poem, "Paul Revere's Ride," encouraging readers to see beyond the story into the rationale for the structure and style of the poem.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Fairy Mary's Dream by A. F. L.
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Fairy Mary's Dream by A. F. L. [1870], a narrative poem about a dream.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Babes in the Wood by William Dickes
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Babes in the Wood by William Dickes (1861), an illustrated narrative poem.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Babes in the Wood by Randolf Caldecott
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book The Babes in the Wood by Randolf Caldecott,(1880?) an illustrated narrative poem.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Men, Women, and Ghosts by Amy Lowell
This is the full text of the collection of stories Men, Women, and Ghosts by Amy Lowell. This is a book of stories, but the word "stories" has been stretched to its fullest application. It includes both narrative poems, properly so...
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Vision of Piers Plowman
This etext features the full text of the Middle English narrative poem "Piers Plowman" by Langland, William (1330?-1400?) provided by the etext library of the University of Virginia.
TES Global
Tes: Three Poems (Narrative and Free Verse) Fossil, Stone Age and Iron Age
[Free Registration/Login Required] These narrative and free verse poems describe fossils, the Stone Age, and Iron Age. Entertaining graphic features accompany the poems.
University of Michigan
Middle English Compendium: William Langland's the Vision of Piers Plowman
Full text of the middle English narrative poem Piers Plowman. Readers have the ability to view text in sections, or as a whole, and to carry out a search.
Eserver
E Server: Anti Slavery Literature Project
The Antislavery Literature Project is a collaborative electronic publishing venture that provides educational access to the literature and history of the antislavery movement in the United States that is crucial to understanding African...
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Lexiconic.net: Elements of Poetry
This resource explains how to approach an analysis of a poem. It discusses assumptions people may have, the importance of reading it closely before analyzing it, looking at the stanza structure, the type of poem, the sound patterns,...
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Centre for Literacy in Primary Education: Poetryline: Poetic Forms and Devices
An excellent resource for learning about the different forms and devices used in poetry. Each item is linked to its own page which has examples of its use. Many of the pages have videos of authors reading their poems, and some have...
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Evil Lurks [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for a suspenseful piece, Evil Lurks, is provided on these pages. Six character roles are needed in this activity.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Ludovico Ariosto
The biography on this Italian poet is thorough and contains a selected bibliography.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Neoclassism: Epic, Mock Epic and Satire
Unfortunately, "literary" writing was not as simple and direct as political writing. When trying to write poetry, most educated authors stumbled into the pitfall of elegant neoclassicism. The epic, in particular, exercised a fatal...
English Club
English Club: Reading: "The Walrus and the Carpenter" by Lewis Carroll
The complete text of the narrative poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter" by Lewis Carroll followed by vocabulary words for the poem.
Harvard University
The Harvard Chaucer Page: "Piers Plowman"
Full text of William Langland's (1332?-1400?) middle English narrative poem "Piers Plowman." Includes scholarly introduction that notes parallels between the poem and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
University of Michigan
Making of America: Aftermath, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This is the full text of Longfellow's collection of narrative poems Aftermath originally published in 1873. Includes "Tales of a Wayside Inn" and "Birds of Passage."
Lumen Learning
Lumen: American Romanticism: "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
This is the text and audio of the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, a narrative poem first published in January 1845, and is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere.
Broward Education Foundation
Broward Education Foundation: Bullies Be Gone [Pdf]
Students write narratives, poetry and dialogue about their experiences with bullying. Through observation and reflection, their work becomes a readers' theater production to share with their peers on how to make their school a safe...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: The Golden Treasury of Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in Eng Lang
Electronic text of Thomas Palgrave's book, "The Golden Treasury: Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language". There are several ways to find the poem that you want to study: by author, by title, by first line, and by...
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Poetry.net: "The Chronicle of the Drum" by Thackeray
The complete text of William Makepeace Thackeray's poem "The Chronicle of the Drum", a narrative of French military history. This ballad was written in Paris, in 1841, at the time of the second funeral of Napoleon.
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