heroic poem
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of heroic poem
First recorded in 1685–95
Example Sentences
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I guess the compactness of it pleased people and also the absurdity of the collision — Old English heroic poem meets tiny aspirin tablets.”
From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2012
The Unforgiven is designed and executed as a heroic poem, a sort of cow-country Cid.
From Time Magazine Archive
The warriors of the great Latin heroic poem, the Aeneid, far from rejoicing to escape from him, rejoice when they see that they are to fall “on Mars’ field of renown.”
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Thinking of the historical proverb, I am reminded of the eminent character who first showed it to me in the heroic poem where it appears.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 by Various
A heroic poem, Mnemosyne, was the most ambitious of her works; she also composed elegies and epigrams, and two of the latter have been preserved to us, revealing a soul sensitive to natural beauty.
From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell
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