Question

Which of these excerpts is most clearly an example of narrative poetry?

A. “And all that’s best of dark and bright/Meet in her aspect and her eyes…”
B. “And on her dulcimer she played,/Singing of Mount Abora.”
C. “One shade the more, one ray the less/Had half impaired the nameless grace…”
D. “Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare/The lone…sands stretch far away.”

Answer 1

B

Step-by-step explanation:

B most clearly shows a narration, as it uses "her" to describe the woman in the third person

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) "And on her dulcimer, she played/Singing on Mount Abora."

The excerpt that is most clearly an example of narrative poetry is "And on her dulcimer, she played/Singing on Mount Abora."

When using narrative poetry, the author tells stories in verse. The poem he/she writes has the elements of a story but using verse. This means it has a beginning, a plot, characters, and an end. It could include dialogue in the poem. Among narrative poetry, we can find ballads, epics, and Arthurian romances. In the case of the question, the excerpt that is most clearly an example of narrative poetry is "And on her dulcimer, she played/Singing on Mount Abora."