NORTH RIDGEVILLE, OH (WOIO) -. The swat team was called to a home on Island Road Monday afternoon. Around 12:50 p.m., North Ridgeville police officers received a report of a man that had shot himself at 9840 Island Road.
These are called NARRATIVE POEMS. Just like the regular stories which you read in your literature courses, a narrative poem also has the same basic elements. It has a setting, one or more characters in it, usually a conflict, a plot which builds up to a climax, and even a conclusion, oftentimes.
Types & Characteristics of Genres: Poetry. A main literary genre is poetry. All poems share specific characteristics. For example, poetry is written in lines and stanzas instead of sentences and paragraphs. Some poems follow strict rules as to the number and length of lines and stanzas, whereas many poems are much more free-flowing.