Urgent need: lengthy poems

I urgently need suggestions for poems which i could transform into a short story for my coursework as i have to have a fully formed idea by next week. If you know of any, preferably with a specific storyline i would be very grateful, also it would be preferred if the poem was from an earlier era but right now i can't afford to be fussy. Thanks in advance for any poems you suggest.

Reply 1

Happy1

Charge of the Light Brigade by Tennyson.

Reply 2

Ywiss

The Lady of Shalott, also by Tennyson.
You could also try The Prelude by Wordsworth.

I can't think of any others right now, but if I do I'll add them.

Don't worry, there's loads out there! Just get hold of a good poetry book and you'll see a dozen.

Good luck!

Reply 3

wilbur

Ywiss

You could also try The Prelude by Wordsworth.

An ambitious choice :smile:

Rime of the Ancient Mariner would make a good short story, but as said, there are lots of possibilities. Enjoy.

Reply 4

dreamqueen

Maud by Tennyson, Paradise Lost by Milton (which I did for my text transformation coursework and got full marks! Let me know if you want to know anything). I will try to think of some others. What sort of short story did you want to write?

Reply 5

Ywiss

wilbur

An ambitious choice :smile:

Haha, yes, I suppose :biggrin:

Reply 6

holly_golightly

The lion and albert by mariott edgar.

Very simple but a great storyline. Depends on what age range you were writing the story for, although it could be great for kids, or written in a humorous way for adults.

Reply 7

silence

rape of the lock?

it can't be too old though, as due to the tradition of aurality, the majority of early poems are stories anyway.

Reply 8

dreamqueen

What about poems by Alexander Pope, such as Epistle to a Lady?

Reply 9

sdawood

Dante's The Inferno
Anne Carson's Autobiography of Red (although it is a "novel in verse")

I would strongly advise against using The Prelude as it is very dense and difficult to work with, but if you're up to the challenge, it is definately something that will make you think.