narrative poem

collocation in English

meaningsofnarrativeandpoem

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narrative
adjective
uk
/ˈnær.ə.tɪv/
us
/ˈner.ə.t̬ɪv/
telling a story or describing a series ...
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poem
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpəʊ.ɪm/
us
/ˈpoʊ.əm/
a piece of writing in which the words are arranged in separate lines, often ending in rhyme, and are chosen for their sound and for the images and ideas ...
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(Definition ofnarrativeandpoemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnarrative poem

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His began his literary career in 1922, writing fables, poems, narrative poems, and short stories.
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Love poems, laments, epigrams, admonitory (didactic) and narrative poems.
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The short, narrative poems generally focus on glorifying the concept of courtly love through the adventures of their main characters.
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Mostly he was writing love, patriotic, life narrative poems and even some epic poems.
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She wrote six plays in verse and narrative poems.
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However, we also need to approach thisnarrativepoemas a unique creation by an individual.
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Narrative and descriptive verses from anarrativepoem.
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The publisher's preface to anarrativepoem.
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Introduction to anarrativepoem.
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Conversational exchanges in anarrativepoem.
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This epic is not a longnarrativepoembut a series of events that form the proper subject for a laudable kind of tale.
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The wording of thisnarrativepoemis both scholastic and emotional.
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In terms of narrative poetry, a romance is anarrativepoemthat tells a story of chivalry.
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His printed dramas were read as closely as his printed narrative poems.
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Toasts - long narrative poems composed in rhymed couplets - often make use of exaggerated language, metaphor, expletives and boasting - stylistic devices often present in rap.
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The syair can be anarrativepoem, a didactic poem, or a poem used to convey ideas on religion or philosophy, or even one to describe historical event.
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Here, the refrain is syntactically independent of thenarrativepoemin the song, and has no obvious relationship to its subject, and indeed little inherent meaning at all.
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Smaller scale stage works included intermedi, cantatas, and sung narrative poems to accompany tournaments.
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His poetry emphasizes romantic verse, long narrative poems, and ballads.
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