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* ''Literature/Eludoran'' has over 15,000 rhyming couplets spanning 800 pages.

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* ''Literature/Eludoran'' ''Literature/{{Eludoran}}'' has over 15,000 rhyming couplets spanning 800 pages.
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* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Eludoran Eludoran]] has over 15,000 rhyming couplets spanning 800 pages.

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* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Eludoran Eludoran]] ''Literature/Eludoran'' has over 15,000 rhyming couplets spanning 800 pages.
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* ''Pan Tadeusz'' by Adam Mickiewicz

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* ''Pan Tadeusz'' ''Literature/PanTadeusz'' by Adam Mickiewicz
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** "Enoch Arden" (1864)

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* "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Lord Alfred Tennyson.

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"The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Lord Alfred Tennyson.(1854)
** "Maud" (1855)
** "Enoch Arden" (1864)
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* ''Literature/{{Impulse}}'' and ''{{Identical}}'', YoungAdult verse novels by Creator/EllenHopkins.

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* ''Literature/{{Impulse}}'' and ''{{Identical}}'', ''Literature/{{Identical}}'', YoungAdult verse novels by Creator/EllenHopkins.
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* ''Literature/{{Impulse}}'' and ''{{Identical}}'', YoungAdult verse novels by EllenHopkins.

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* ''Literature/{{Impulse}}'' and ''{{Identical}}'', YoungAdult verse novels by EllenHopkins.Creator/EllenHopkins.
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* ''Literature/GoblinMarket'' by Christina Rossetti
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* ''[[Literature/JustForFun The Little Laundry Fairy]]''
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* ''[[Literature/JustForFun The Fall of the Black and Yellow Warriors]]''
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* All the other {{Child Ballad}}s

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* All the other {{Child Ballad}}sLiterature/ChildBallads
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* "Literature/TamLin", a ChildBallad

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* "Literature/TamLin", a ChildBalladLiterature/{{Child Ballad|s}}
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* ''{{Literature/Kalevipoeg}}''

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* ''The Ballad of Mulan'', Chinese ballad.

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* ''The "The Ballad of Mulan'', Mulan", Chinese ballad.



* ''Literature/TamLin'', a ChildBallad

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* ''Literature/TamLin'', "Literature/TamLin", a ChildBallad



* ''Kubla Khan'', also by Coleridge.
* ''Literature/TheErlking'' by Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe.
* ''La Belle Dame sans Merci'' by Creator/JohnKeats
* ''Literature/TheHighwayman'' by Alfred Noyes
* ''Tam o' Shanter'', by Creator/RobertBurns.
* ''Terje Vigen'' by Creator/HenrikIbsen.
* ''The Charge Of The Light Brigade'' by Lord Alfred Tennyson.
* ''Literature/TheRaven'' by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.
* Robert Browning's ''Childe Rowland to the Dark Tower Came'', basis of Creator/StephenKing's ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' series.
* ''The Hunting of the Snark'' by Creator/LewisCarroll.
* ''Literature/CaseyAtTheBat'' by Ernest Thayer.
* ''The Shooting of Dan [=McGrew=]'' and ''The Cremation of Sam [=McGee=]'', both by Robert W. Service.
* ''The Truant'' by E.J. Pratt.
* Creator/JRRTolkien wrote quite a few: two long epic poems of tales from the ''[[Literature/TheSilmarillion Quenta Silmarillion]]'' (''The Lay of Leithian'' and ''The Lay of the Children of Húrin'', respectively), as well as countless shorter ones appearing in his works (e.g. ''Eärendil'' from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'').
* ''Crossing America'' by Leo Connellan.

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* ''Kubla Khan'', "Kubla Khan", also by Coleridge.
* ''Literature/TheErlking'' "Literature/TheErlking" by Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe.
* ''La "La Belle Dame sans Merci'' Merci" by Creator/JohnKeats
* ''Literature/TheHighwayman'' "Literature/TheHighwayman" by Alfred Noyes
* ''Tam "Tam o' Shanter'', Shanter", by Creator/RobertBurns.
* ''Terje Vigen'' "Terje Vigen" by Creator/HenrikIbsen.
* ''The "The Charge Of The of the Light Brigade'' Brigade" by Lord Alfred Tennyson.
* ''Literature/TheRaven'' "Literature/TheRaven" by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.
* Robert Browning's ''Childe "Childe Rowland to the Dark Tower Came'', Came", basis of Creator/StephenKing's ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' series.
* ''The Hunting of the Snark'' "Literature/TheHuntingOfTheSnark" by Creator/LewisCarroll.
* ''Literature/CaseyAtTheBat'' "Literature/CaseyAtTheBat" by Ernest Thayer.
* ''The "The Shooting of Dan [=McGrew=]'' [=McGrew=]" and ''The "The Cremation of Sam [=McGee=]'', [=McGee=]", both by Robert W. Service.
* ''The Truant'' "The Truant" by E.J. Pratt.
* Creator/JRRTolkien wrote quite a few: two long epic poems of tales from the ''[[Literature/TheSilmarillion Quenta Silmarillion]]'' (''The ("The Lay of Leithian'' Leithian" and ''The "The Lay of the Children of Húrin'', Húrin", respectively), as well as countless shorter ones appearing in his works (e.g. ''Eärendil'' "Eärendil" from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'').
* ''Crossing America'' "Crossing America" by Leo Connellan.



* Literature/TheBalladOfTheWhiteHorse
* ''Leaves of Grass'' by Walt Whitman

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* Literature/TheBalladOfTheWhiteHorse
"Literature/TheBalladOfTheWhiteHorse"
* ''Leaves of Grass'' ''Literature/LeavesOfGrass'' by Walt Whitman
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* "Literature/{{Lenore}}" by Gottfried August Bürger
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* ''Literature/LoveDishonorMarryDieCherishPerish'' by Creator/DavidRakoff
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* Creator/JRRTolkien wrote quite a few: two long epic poems of tales from the ''[[Literature/TheSilmarillion Quenta Silmarillion]]'' (''The Lay of Leithian'' and ''The Lay of the Children of Húrin'', respectively), as well as countless shorter ones appearing in his works (e.g. ''Earendil'' from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'').

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* Creator/JRRTolkien wrote quite a few: two long epic poems of tales from the ''[[Literature/TheSilmarillion Quenta Silmarillion]]'' (''The Lay of Leithian'' and ''The Lay of the Children of Húrin'', respectively), as well as countless shorter ones appearing in his works (e.g. ''Earendil'' ''Eärendil'' from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'').
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* Robert Browning's ''Childe Rowland to the Dark Tower Came'', basis of Creator/StephenKing's ''TheDarkTower'' series.

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* Robert Browning's ''Childe Rowland to the Dark Tower Came'', basis of Creator/StephenKing's ''TheDarkTower'' ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' series.
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* ''{{Impulse}}'' and ''{{Identical}}'', YoungAdult verse novels by EllenHopkins.

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* ''{{Impulse}}'' ''Literature/{{Impulse}}'' and ''{{Identical}}'', YoungAdult verse novels by EllenHopkins.
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* ''{{Zorgamazoo}}'', a modern novel written entirely in rhyme by Robert Paul Weston.

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* ''{{Zorgamazoo}}'', ''Literature/{{Zorgamazoo}}'', a modern novel written entirely in rhyme by Robert Paul Weston.
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* ''TheSonneteer'', an experimental blog-verse narrative by TJ Radcliffe

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* ''TheSonneteer'', ''Literature/TheSonneteer'', an experimental blog-verse narrative by TJ Radcliffe
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* ''Literature/{{Erlkoenig}}'' by Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe.

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* ''Literature/{{Erlkoenig}}'' ''Literature/TheErlking'' by Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe.

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* ''The Cantos'', by Ezra Pound


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* ''Leaves of Grass'' by Walt Whitman
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* ''Literature/TheEveOfStAgnes'' by JohnKeats

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* ''Literature/DavidOfSasun''

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* ''Literature/DavidOfSasun''
''Literature/DavidOfSasun'', a traditional Armenian epic.
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* ''Literature/DavidOfSasun''
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* ''Literature/TheEveOfStAgnes'' by JohnKeats
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Narrative poems started to decline in popularity with the advent of writing, as it was not quite so necessary to learn stories off by heart when they are written down. However, they persisted in popularity for several hundred years, as the majority of people were illiterate for much of human history.

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Narrative poems started to decline in popularity with the advent of writing, as it was not quite so necessary to learn stories off by heart when they are written down. However, they persisted in popularity for several hundred years, as the majority of people were illiterate for much of human history.
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* A narrative poem that meets the criteria of an [[TheEpic epic]] is an epic poem.
* A shorter narrative poem that uses stanzas is a ballad (especially if it is set to music)

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* A narrative poem that meets the criteria of an [[TheEpic epic]] is an epic poem.
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* A shorter narrative poem that uses stanzas is a ballad (especially if it is set to music) music)



Subgroups of ballads that have their own page on this wiki are the MurderBallad and the MoralityBallad. For a related format, see RockOpera.

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Subgroups of ballads that have their own page on this wiki are the MurderBallad and the MoralityBallad. For a related format, see RockOpera.



* ''{{Impulse}}'' and ''{{Identical}}'', {{young adult}} verse novels by EllenHopkins.

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* ''{{Impulse}}'' and ''{{Identical}}'', {{young adult}} YoungAdult verse novels by EllenHopkins.



* ''La Belle Dame sans Merci'' by Creator/JohnKeats

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* ''La Belle Dame sans Merci'' by Creator/JohnKeats Creator/JohnKeats



* ''Terje Vigen'' by Creator/HenrikIbsen.

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* ''Terje Vigen'' by Creator/HenrikIbsen.



* Robert Browning's ''Childe Rowland to the Dark Tower Came'', basis of StephenKing's ''TheDarkTower'' series.

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* Robert Browning's ''Childe Rowland to the Dark Tower Came'', basis of StephenKing's Creator/StephenKing's ''TheDarkTower'' series.



* ''{{The Sonneteer}}'', an experimental blog-verse narrative by TJ Radcliffe

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* ''{{The Sonneteer}}'', ''TheSonneteer'', an experimental blog-verse narrative by TJ Radcliffe
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* The ''Poetic Edda'' consists of these.

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* The ''Poetic Edda'' ''Literature/PoeticEdda'' consists of these.

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