WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The narrative poem is the oldest form of poetry, and one of the oldest forms of literature. Epics like The Iliad and the Odyssey, The Epic of Gilgamesh, and The Mahabharata are ancient and long narrative poem examples.

Detailed explanation-2: -Narrative poetry, as the name reveals, tells a story. Epic poetry tells a particular type of story. Epic poetry is always long, traditionally 12 or 24 books (similar to chapters). It tells the story of a hero whose heroic deeds define not only heroism but the culture in which those deeds are performed.

Detailed explanation-3: -Epic poems are also noted for their length. The longest ever written was the Indian Mahabharata. It was 200, 000 lines of verse as well as some lengthy prose passages. Shorter but still considerable are the Odyssey with 12, 110 lines and Dante’s The Divine Comedy with 14, 233 lines.

Detailed explanation-4: -Narrative poems include all epic poetry, and the various types of “lay", most ballads, and some idylls, as well as many poems not falling into a distinct type. Some narrative poetry takes the form of a novel in verse.