Do you find ballads or narrative verse more interesting? Using at least four poems, explain your reasons.

... Do you find ballads or narrative verse more interesting? Using at least four poems, explain your reasons. Ballads and Narrative verse are types of poems that are individual compositions usually in some kind of verse or metre. The word poem has originated from the Greek word meaning 'something created'. Narrative verse is simply verse that tells a story. Before the success of the novel in the eighteenth century, verse was a more common way for story telling than prose. A narrative was a tale or recital of facts. It was likely to include a dramatic incident, descriptions of people or places, dialogue and a report of events as seen by the narrator. The narrator is essential in bringing together these characteristics. It is the narrator who makes us understand the story, from his or her point of view and allows us to consider the connection between the plot and events. Both

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