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heroic poem::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | epic, epic poem, epos |
| Type of | verse form, poem |
| Has types | heroic, heroic meter, heroic verse, chanson de geste, rhapsody |
Examples of heroic poem
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Beowulf is the oldest extant heroic poem in English literature and the first to present a dragonslayer.
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The Gerusalemme is the best heroic poem that Italy can show.
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When one contrasts it to the popular heroic poem, such as Beowulf, one finds that they share certain common features.
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After easily finishing the task at hand, Yue writes a heroic poem on a whitewashed wall and signs it with his name.
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The term catfight was recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary as the title and subject of a 1824 mock heroic poem by Ebenezer Mack.
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The basic plot derives from Beowulf, a heroic poem of unknown authorship written in Old English and preserved in a manuscript dating from around AD 1000.
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When reporting the battle, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle abandons its usual terse style in favour of a heroic poem vaunting the great victory.
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The ship-burial has from the time of its discovery prompted comparisons with the world described in the heroic Old English poem Beowulf, which is set in southern Sweden.
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But the clearest demonstration of his mastery of this art form is probably the Paralipomeni della Batracomiomachia, a brief comic-heroic poem of eight stanzas of eight lines each.
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