Frame Narrative and Poetic Form

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A frame narrative is a long story with one clear narrator

A frame narrative is a story that contains one or more shorter stories within it

A frame narrative is a story told by a narrator who is not a character in the story

An example of a frame narrative is 'Beowulf'

An example of a frame narrative is 'The Canterbury Tales'

An example of a frame narrative is 'The Knight's Tale'

Iambic pentameter is a line of poetry with 12 syllables

Iambic pentameter is a line of poetry with 5 pairs of syllables.

Iambic pentameter is when all of the words in a line rhyme

We see iambic pentameter being used in ' The Odyssey'

We see iambic pentameter being used in 'Harry Potter'

We see iambic pentameter being used in 'The Canterbury Tales'.

Where might we see iambic pentameter being used?

Heroic couplets are when pairs of lines written in iambic pentameter rhyme

Heroic couplets are when rhyming lines use words about heroes and bravery.