Which is the longest poem in English?

The longest single-author poem in English is reputed to be My Blah Story by US writer Nigel Tomm, which stretches to 23,161 lines. The early English epic poem Beowulf comes to just over 3,000 lines, while Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner runs to 625 lines.

What is a very long poem called?

An epic is a long and narrative poem that normally tells a story about a hero or an adventure. Epics can be presented as oral or written stories. The Iliad and The Odyssey are probably the most renowned epic poems.

Is the longest epic in the world?

Mahabharata
Mahabharata is the world’s largest epic, in its present form it contains eighteen chapters and thousands of verses. It tells us about the story of the Pandavas, the Kauravas, and the other important kings who were once ruled the great land known as the bharata-varsha.

Are there long poems?

Though the definition of a long poem is vague and broad and unnecessary, the genre includes some of the most important poetry ever written. With more than 220,000 (100,000 shloka or couplets) verses and about 1.8 million words in total, the Mahābhārata is the longest epic poem in the world.

How long is a poem supposed to be?

The simple, short answer is ‘as long as it needs to be’. I’ve written poems that are 7–8 pages long and one that is over 80 pages – chronicling the entire GoT series 1–7. Short poems are good for chapbooks, so you get a poem on each A5 page.

What is a 28 line poem called?

Ballade. French. Line usually 8-10 syllables; stanza of 28 lines, divided into 3 octaves and 1 quatrain, called the envoy. The last line of each stanza is the refrain.

Can a poem be too long?

A poem can be one or two lines (Ezra Pound, “In a Station on the Metro”) or the length of a book (Paradise Lost). It can be as long as you want; it can be as short as you want. You can make it stanzas and stanzas and stanzas, or two or three simple words. Simply, it can be as long as it needs to be.