Novels that are poems

I've read two novels over the years that are in poem form -- The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth and Send Bygraves by Martha Grimes. Enjoyed both immensely -- one very quickly gets into reading the poetry as if it were prose. Anyone know of any others? (I know I could google this and find them, but I'd rather hear comments of those who've read them).

There's Eugene Onegin by Pushkin, off the top of my head.

Not poetry, but I thought The Road by Cormac McCarthy was written in a beautiful, poetic manner.

Rosalie Moore's Gutenberg in Strasbourg, and Bernardine Evaristo's The Emperor's Babe come to mind.

Pale Fire by Nabokov.

Do epic poems count? e.g. I just enjoyed reading Simon Armitage's translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. And if that does, then stuff like The Iliad etc would presumably qualify...

Points for a Compass Rose by Evan S. Connell.

And a question: Is "reading the poetry as if it were prose" a good thing?

Would you include Derek Walcott's work in this category? Tiepolo's Hound and Omeros, say. Book-length and certainly not far from being novels although more certainly poems.

Jason and Medeia is written as an epic poem.

There's the YA Jimi & Me, all in free verse/lyric, great intro for kids who don't/won't read poetry...

Not sure if it's long enough to count as a novel, but ...

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

I know his granddaughter.

The Folding Cliffs by W.S. Merwin

Robert

If you're including epic poems, the Seamus Heaney translation of Beowulf is excellent. And I personally love Paradise Lost by John Milton, but the language can be a bit difficult. Then there is The Iliad and The Odyssey, both of which can be found in very accessible translations.

For epic poetry, you can add in the Aeneid by Virgil; and the Lusiads of Luís de Camões

On the opposite end of the spectrum, Love That Dog by Sharon Creech is for 8-12 year olds, but I think it's worth checking out. The book is comprised of poems written as English-class assignments by a boy who starts out thinking only girls write poems, but gradually opens up to poetry. Shout-outs to William Carlos Williams and Robert Frost, among others.

Brother to Dragons : a tale in verse and voices by Robert Penn Warren
Slinger : spine title Gunslinger by Edward Dorn
Gaudete by Ted Hughes

Karen Hesse's books:
Witness
Out of the Dust
Phoenix Rising

I've included a narrative poem assignment in my Introduction to Poetry class. Here's the list the class can choose from: http://faculty.mccfl.edu/jonesj/LIT2030/longnarrativepoemsinenglish.htm -- but I can see that I'm going to have to add lots more given the riches in earlier postings.

I just finished reading Brother to Dragons -- that's how I found this discussion -- it's an amazing work -- highly recommended.

Jane, your assignment is too hard. I remember once being assigned to write two pages on the poet's use of music in Paradise Lost, a work I had actually paid attention to; I despaired.

Did anybody take you up on The Faerie Queene, a work I foolishly still expect to read some day?

Robert

Cavender's House by Edwin Arlington Robinson -- It's a tad on the dark side, but once I wrapped my head around the concept that it was poetry, and you don't read like a novel, I started it over and appreciated the work.