Poems with dramatic narrative are a form of poetry that has a plot and tells a story, s Poems in this genre can vary in length from short to long and they can tell a complex story. Many! times these poems use the voices of characters and narrator and usually, the story is written in metred verse. This poem is a dramatic narrative told from inside a frame in which the speaker introduces the story to the addressee.
In the far cold Northland, a good Saint was wandering on the road. He nearly fainted as he was so hungry with fasting. The Saint came to a cottage and within he saw a little woman baking cakes, As he was starving, he asked a small cake for
himself. The old lady baked the smallest cake for him but refused to even part with it.
As a result, the Saint got angry with the old lady l and cursed her. His curse transformed the old woman into a woodpecker. Today, everybody can see her in the forest where she lives in trees etching trees for her food. This poem has a beginning and an end. The beginning is a simple narrative tone which ends in a dramatic form.
