Though narrative analysis focuses largely on instrumental music, there are a few theories for discussing narrative in texted music, namely the models presented by David Nicholls and Lawrence M. Zbikowski. Both Nicholls and Zbikowskis models function as a structure for narrative analysis that does not rely on cataloguing chronological musical events. Applied to John Harbisons Mirabai Songs and Aaron Coplands Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, these models validate narrative musical moments and explore overarching narrative structures. Both models also demonstrate the narrative of an original composition It is Enough where narrative was part of the compositional process. Resonating aspects of all three pieces, such as syllabic treatment of the text, are highlighted through the use of these models. The narrative analyses are supported by biographical information on Mirabai, Emily Dickinson, and Sara Teasdale, female poets who circumvented societal conventions and gender expectations.