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Question
Stories can be told even in the form of poetry. Such poems are called Narrative poems. Narrative poems do not always follow rhythmic patterns of a fixed rhyme scheme. Such poems are written in a style called ‘Free Verse.’
Recall and name some narrative poems you have done/read earlier.
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Solution
Students can discuss and think about the narrative poems in Free Verse done/read earlier e.g. 'Vocation' by Rabindranath Tagore.
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