The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
The act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse; the construction or measure of verse or poetry; metrical composition.
The process by which the books of the Bible were divided into verses; a particular way of dividing biblical books into verses