Narrative Poems

<p>C.S. Lewis enjoyed both stories and poetry. His narrative poems combine his gift in story-telling with his skills as a poet. The four pieces in this book are the only narrative poems by Lewis known to be in existence.</p> <br> <br> <p>The poems are full of Lewis's romantic imagination; they display his love and knowlege of classic mythology and his own mastery of the English language.</p> <p>Dymer (1926)<br> <br> * Launcelot (?early 1930s)<br> <br> * The Nameless Isle (1930)<br> <br> * The Queen of Drum (1938)</p> <p>'Dymer' was begun by Lewis as a story in prose and the original idea had 'come to him' at the age of 17. It tells the story of a man who begets a monster. The monster kills his father and becomes a god.</p> <p>'Launcelot' is based on the legend of King Arthur and the Holy Grail and 'The Nameless Isle' is the story of a shipwrecked mariner and his adventures on a magic island.</p> <p>'The Queen of Drum' tells of an old pompous king and his young queen who eventually has to choose between heaven, hell and fairyland.</p>