This document provides an analysis of narrative poetry. It defines narrative poetry as poetry that tells a story using elements of both prose and verse. The document discusses literary concepts like stanzas, figurative language, and speakers. It also profiles two poets, Joy Harjo and Julia Alvarez, and their narrative poems "Crossing the Border" and "Exile", which students will analyze to understand characteristics of the narrative poetry genre.

1. NARRATIVE
POETRY
Mrs. Morris
English II
October 31, 2012

2. OBJECTIVE
Analyze the
characteristics
of a narrative
poem

3. LITERARY VOCABULARY
Narrative
Poetry
Stanza
Figurative
Language
Speaker

4. NARRATIVE POETRY
Tells a story
Has a plot
Combines
excitement of
story with
elements of
poetry

5. STANZA
An arrangement of
a certain number of
lines forming a
division of a poem.

6. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Speech or writing
that departs from
literal meaning in
order to achieve
a special effect or
meaning,

7. SPEAKER
The narrative
voice in a poem

8. THINGS TO LOOK/LISTEN
FOR
CROSSING THE BORDER BY JOY HARJO/EXILE BY JULIA
ALVAREZ
Who is the speaker in
each poem?
Who are the characters?
Where are the settings?
What are the conflicts?
What are the resolutions?

9. NARRATIVE POEMS FOR THIS LESSON
Crossing the
Border by Joy
Harjo
Exile by Julia
Alvarez

10. JOY HARJO
Born in Tulsa, OK in
1951.
Member of the
Muscogee (Creek)
Tribe
Professor at
University of New
Mexico

11. CROSSING THE BORDER
Turn to page 139
Read by Joy
Harjo
http://www.tumblr.
com/tagged/cross
ing-the-border-
into-canada

12. CANADIAN BORDER PATROL STATION

13. JULIA ALVAREZ
 Born in New York City, NY on
March 25, 1950.
 Moved with her parents to the
Dominican Republic at the age of
3 months.
 Left her home in the Dominican
Republic in 1960 at the age of 10
years.
 Her father was involved in a plot
to overthrow the dictator.
 The family had to flee from the
Dominican Republic because they
would be murdered otherwise.
 She was professor at Middlebury
College in Vermont until she
recently retired

14. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
• Ciudad Trojillo is now Santo
Domingo
• Dictator Rafael Trujillo
renamed the city after
himself in 1936.
• Trujillo was assassinated
on May 30, 1961.
• The name of the city was
changed back to Santo
Domingo in 1961.