verse tales

C6642
concept

Verse tales are narrative stories told in poetic form, combining the structure of traditional tales with the rhythm, meter, and stylistic devices of verse.

All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
verse narrative 6
verse novel 5
moral story 3

Instances (30)

Instance Via concept surface
The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains moral story
Malay Hikayat Seri Rama
surface form: Hikayat Seri Rama
classical Malay hikayat
Eugene Onegin verse novel
The Tale of Tsar Saltan fairy tale in verse
Louisa: A Poetical Novel verse narrative
parable of the two gardens
surface form: Parable of the Two Gardens
moral story
Le Chevalier de la Charrette verse narrative
Lucile verse novel
Aurora Leigh verse novel
Fables
ballads of Robin Hood traditional English folk narratives
Octavia (pseudo-Senecan tragedy) fabula praetexta
Yamato Monogatari uta monogatari
The Great Mirror monogatari
Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal verse narrative
Gikeiki gunki monogatari
The Emperor’s Babe verse novel
parable of the Good Samaritan
surface form: Parable of the Good Samaritan
moral story
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories rhyming story collection
Сказка о мёртвой царевне и о семи богатырях поэтическая сказка
La figlia di Iorio verse tragedy
The Acts and Deeds of Sir William Wallace, Knight of Elderslie verse romance
The Man Who Never Laughed Again poetic tale
Stanzaic Morte Arthur verse narrative
Lancelot, le Chevalier de la Charrette verse narrative
Béroul’s Tristan verse narrative
Ōkagami monogatari
Ise Monogatari uta monogatari
The Ebony Horse story from One Thousand and One Nights
Glory for Me verse novel