heroic poem
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of heroic poem
First recorded in 1685–95
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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
In the first place, the subject of the heroic poem must be historical, for it is not probable that illustrious actions such as are dealt with in the epic should be unknown to history.
From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Joel Elias Spingarn
It is in a letter to the Hon. Edward Howard, who requested to have his sentiments on another heroic poem of his own, “The British Princes.”
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli
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