epic+poem
71Thebaid (Greek poem) — The Thebaid ( el. Θηβαΐδα) is an Ancient Greek epic poem of uncertain authorship (see Cyclic poets) sometimes attributed by early writers to Homer. It told the story of the war between the brothers Eteocles and Polynices, and was regarded as… …
72Lotta Svärd (poem) — Lotta Svärd is the fourth poem in the second part of Johan Ludvig Runeberg s epic poem The Tales of Ensign Stål from 1860.The Lotta Svärd poem is about a woman who manned a field kitchen during the Finnish War. The name was later used for several …
73Indian epic poetry — is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent. Written in Sanskrit, Kannada, Tamil and Hindi, it includes some of the oldest epic poetry ever created and some works form the basis of Hindu scripture. Sanskrit Epics The ancient Sanskrit… …
74Oberon (poem) — Title page of the first edition, without the author s name. Oberon is an epic poem by the German writer Christoph Martin Wieland. It was based on the epic romance Huon de Bordeaux, a French medieval tale.[1] It first appeared in 1780 and went… …
75Duma (epic) — Kobzar Ostap Veresai One of the finest exponents of Dumy in the 19th century A Duma (Ukrainian: дума, plural dumy) is a sung epic poem which originated in Ukraine during the Hetmanate Era in the sixteenth century (possibly based on earlier Kievan …
76mock-epic — ▪ literature also called mock heroic form of satire that adapts the elevated heroic style of the classical epic poem to a trivial subject. The tradition, which originated in classical times with an anonymous burlesque of Homer, the… …
77national epic — noun An epic poem or similar work which seeks or is believed to capture and express the essence or spirit of a particular nation …
78Gilgamesh Epic — Babylonian epic poem …
79Ulysses (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… …
80Hero and Leander (poem) — Hero and Leander is a mythological poem by Christopher Marlowe. After Marlowe s death it was completed by George Chapman. Henry Petowe published an alternate completion to the poem.PublicationTwo editions of the poem were issued in quarto in… …
