At the center of a narrative poem is a story -- a series of events with a beginning, middle and end around which the poet builds a poem, such as Lord Alfred Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade." However, while a lyric poem may be based on an incident or event, the poem mainly reflects on that event or uses it as a means to explore larger themes. For example, Robert Frost's "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" includes a description of the narrator's travel in the woods, but the poem is a reflection on what the journey means rather than a narrative about what happens and where it leads