![]() ![]() Some verse novels, following Byron's mock-heroic Don Juan (1818–24) employ an informal, colloquial register. Verse novels are often told with multiple narrators, potentially providing readers with a view into the inner workings of the characters' minds. Although the narrative structure is similar to that of a novella, the organisation of the story is usually in a series of short sections, often with changing perspectives. Verse narratives are as old as the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Iliad, and the Odyssey, but the verse novel is a distinct modern form. Either simple or complex stanzaic verse-forms may be used, but there will usually be a large cast, multiple voices, dialogue, narration, description, and action in a novelistic manner. A verse novel is a type of narrative poetry in which a novel-length narrative is told through the medium of poetry rather than prose. ![]()
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