It should be considered a narrative poem, as it tells a story, but falls short of being an epic poem as there is a lack of heroic events. All of the events are chronologically ordered and each part of the poem builds on the last sentence of the previous part. The last sentence of each of the four parts ends with one of the few phrases that we hear the characters speak aloud. For example, at the end of Part III The Lady Shalott cries “The curse is come upon me.” With the exception of five phrases uttered or sung by our characters, the entirety of the poem is narrated by a speaker that is seeming omniscient in their knowledge of the characters past and what each of the characters is experiencing. This third person narrative unfolds the poem in front of the reader much like watching a movie …show more content…
These three words alternate so that the B line is always one of the three, but it is not always in a consistent alternating pattern. Also note that each of these three of the alternating B words all end with a hard “t” sound. The AAAA and CCC lines all end in an imperfect rhyme where the final consonant is the same but the vowel sounds are different. An occasional simile is salted into the poem, but the majority of the poem is colorfully descriptive rather than full of similes and metaphors. My favorite simile was in Part III and described Lancelot 's horse tack, and depicts that “The gemmy bridle glittered free, Like to some branch of stars we see Hung in the golden Galaxy.” Lord Tennyson includes many euphony 's such as “On either side the river lie,” and “Long fields of barley and of rye.” These flowing sentences paired with the closed form of the poem make “The Lady of Shalott” a much more romantic telling of this Disney-esque