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Much narrative poetry is equivalent to short stories or novels in structure and intent.
Lyric poetry was originally intended to be accompanied on a lyre, probably sung but possibly chanted. When we talk about song lyrics, we are talking about lyric poetry. The much later epic Beowulf is also arguably a primary epic. Comments and a summary of Gilgamesh . An example of the secondary epic is Vergil's The Aeneid .