heroic+poem
81Barlow, Joel — born March 24, 1754, Redding, Connecticut Colony [U.S.] died Dec. 24, 1812, Żarnowiec, Pol. U.S. writer and poet. He was a member of the group of young writers known as the Hartford (or Connecticut) Wits, whose patriotism led them to attempt to… …
82Beaumont, Sir John, 1st Baronet — ▪ English author born 1583, Grace Dieu?, Leicestershire, Eng. died April 1627, London? English poet whose work helped to establish the heroic couplet as a dominant verse form. His most important works are The Metamorphosis of Tobacco (1602) …
83Danish literature — Introduction the body of writings produced in the Danish and Latin languages. During Denmark s long union with Norway (1380–1814), the Danish language became the official language and the most widely used literary medium in the… …
84Drayton, Michael — ▪ English poet born 1563, Hartshill, Warwickshire, Eng. died 1631, London English poet, the first to write odes in English in the manner of Horace. Drayton spent his early years in the service of Sir Henry Goodere, to whom he owed his… …
85Hildebrandslied — ▪ German poem English Song of Hildebrand Old High German alliterative heroic poem on the fatalistic theme of a duel of honour between a father and a son. The fragment, dating from c. 800, is the sole surviving record of Old High German… …
86Alessandro Tassoni — Alessandro Tassoni † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Alessandro Tassoni Italian poet, born at Modena in 1565; died there in 1635. He spent his life in the service of prelates and princes in Italy, acting as secretary or in some similar… …
87Battle of Maldon, The — ▪ Old English poem Old English heroic poem describing a historical skirmish between East Saxons and Viking (mainly Norwegian) raiders in 991. It is incomplete, its beginning and ending both lost. The poem is remarkable for its vivid,… …
88Tasso, Torquato — (1544 1595) Italian poet. He was born at Sor rento in the kingdom of Naples, the son of a court poet who later fol lowed his patron, the prince of Salerno, into exile. The son accompa nied his father as he sought new patrons at various… …
89O Sacred Love of the Beloved Country — Ignacy Krasicki, Prince Bishop of Warmia, 1767 O Sacred Love of the Beloved Country (Polish title: Święta miłości kochanej ojczyzny ; also, Hymn do miłości ojczyzny, Hymn to Love of Country ) is a patriotic poem by the Polish Enlightenment author …
90Divine Comedy — noun a narrative epic poem written by Dante • Syn: ↑Divina Commedia • Instance Hypernyms: ↑epic poem, ↑heroic poem, ↑epic, ↑epos * * * (Italian, Divina Commedia) a narrative epic poe …
