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21Mock-heroic — Mock heroic, mock epic or heroi comic works are typically satires or parodies that mock common Classical stereotypes of heroes and heroic literature. Typically, mock heroic works to insert the heroic work by either putting a fool in the role of… …
22epic poem — noun a long narrative poem telling of a hero s deeds (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑heroic poem, ↑epic, ↑epos • Derivationally related forms: ↑epic (for: ↑epos), ↑epic …
23mock-heroic — mock′ hero′ic adj. 1) imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action 2) lit. satirizing the heroic style of literature: a mock heroic poem[/ex] 3) a literary work written in mock heroic style • Etymology:… …
24Mock heroic — Mock Mock, a. Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham. [1913 Webster] That superior greatness and mock majesty. Spectator. [1913 Webster] {Mock bishop s weed} (Bot.), a genus of slender umbelliferous herbs… …
25mock-heroic — I. adjective Date: circa 1712 ridiculing or burlesquing heroic style, character, or action < a mock heroic poem > • mock heroically adverb II. noun Date: 1728 a mock heroic composition called also mock epic …
26Ulysses (poem) — Ulysses is a poem by the Victorian poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892), written in 1833 and published in 1842 in Tennyson s well received second volume of poems. An oft quoted poem, it is popularly used to illustrate the dramatic monologue… …
27Long 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… …
28Elene (poem) — Elene is the longest of Cynewulf’s four signed poems. It is the fifth of six poems appearing in the Vercelli manuscript. The poem is the first English account of the finding of the Holy Cross by Saint Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine.It is… …
29The Heroic Legend of Arslan — Infobox animanga/Header name = The Heroic Legend of Arslan caption = An animated illustration by Sachiko Kamimura ja name = アルスラーン戦記 ja name trans = genre = Infobox animanga/Novel title = author = Yoshiki Tanaka illustrator = Yoshitaka Amano… …
30Symphonic poem — A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music in one movement in which some extramusical program provides a narrative or illustrative element. This programme may come from a poem, a story or novel, a painting, or another source.… …
