heroic poem
noun
a poem written in an epic style using lines of iambic pentameter.
Origin of heroic poem
1First recorded in 1685–95
Words Nearby heroic poem
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How to use heroic poem in a sentence
But, after all these advantages, an heroic poem is certainly the greatest work of human nature.
Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals | John DrydenAs for Mr Milton, whom we all admire with so much justice, his subject is not that of an heroic poem, properly so called.
Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals | John DrydenMilton said: "He who would write heroic poems, must make his whole life an heroic poem."
How to Succeed | Orison Swett MardenIt is requisite that the language of an heroic poem should be both perspicuous and sublime.
Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism | F. V. N. PainterArgonautica: a heroic poem on the Argonautic expedition, by Apollonius Rhodius.
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