a tale that is intended to connect the listener to his nation’s past and to highlight national pride

a primary narrative that introduces and surrounds multiple secondary stories

a short narrative poem intended to be sung, and is written in stanzas

a long narrative poem in elevated style which presents characters and actions of heroic proportions

a narrative or description in which the characters, places, and other items are symbols

.“The Dark Wood of Error

Waltzing Matilda

Odyssey

Cassim

Bharat

Achilles

“The poetry of earth is never dead.”

Oh let me to the market to buy saddle and horse. / And ride with the soldiers to take my father’s place.”

.“For all rogues are notoriously clever at concealing their real designs

.‘Home is the place where, when you have to go there, / They have to take you in.’ / ‘I should have called it / Something you somehow haven’t to deserve.’

“The Best Thing in the World”

"The Cobbler and the Financier”

“The Pied Piper of Hamlin”

“As imperceptibly as Grief

The Destruction of Sennacherib”