epic+poem
51epic — adj. Epic is used with these nouns: ↑adventure, ↑battle, ↑drama, ↑film, ↑grandeur, ↑journey, ↑novel, ↑poem, ↑poet, ↑poetry, ↑proportion, ↑saga, ↑ …
52epic — noun 1》 a long poem narrating the deeds of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation. ↘a long film, book, or other work portraying heroic deeds or covering an extended period of time. 2》 informal an extremely long and… …
53poem — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. poetry, verse, lyric, sonnet, edda, ballad, quatrain, blank verse, free verse, song, composition, creation; see also writing 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. verse, rhyme, composition, ode, sonnet, lyric, limerick. WORD …
54poem — n verse composition, lyric, sonnet, villanelle, ode, Class. Prosody. epode, palinode, anacreontic, dithyramb, elegy; rhapsody, epic; rondelet, Prosody. rondeau, Prosody. rondel; pastoral, idyll, eclogue, bucolic, georgic; nuptial song,… …
55Long poem — The long poem is a literary genre including all poetry of considerable length. Though the definition of a long poem is vague and broad, the genre includes some of the most important poetry ever written. The long poem traces its origins to the… …
56heroic poem — noun a long narrative poem telling of a hero s deeds • Syn: ↑epic poem, ↑epic, ↑epos • Derivationally related forms: ↑epic (for: ↑epos), ↑epic ( …
57Punica (poem) — The Punica by Silius Italicus in the first century AD is an epic poem in seventeen books, and comprising some fourteen thousand lines.In choosing the Second Punic War for his subject, Silius had, we know, many predecessors, as he doubtless had… …
58Thebaid (Latin poem) — The Thebaid is an epic poem composed by Statius in Latin during the silver age of Latin poetry in the late first century AD.HistoryThe Thebaid is an ancient, Latin epic written by Publius Papinius Statius (c. 45 – c. 96 AD). According to the last …
59Philippine epic poetry — Centuries before the Spaniards came, the Filipinos already had their own cultural traditions, folklore, mythologies and epics. There were substantial writings by early natives that Jesuit historian Fr. Pedro Chirino noted: All of the islanders… …
60Milton a Poem — Frontispiece to Milton: a Poem. Milton s intention to justify the ways of God to men (from Paradise Lost) appears beneath his depiction by Blake. Milton a Poem is an epic poem by William Blake, written and illustrated between 1804 and 1810. Its… …
