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Meanings of
heroic poetry
in English
Portuguese
épica
Spanish
poesía épica
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Poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero.
epic poetry
Portuguese
épica
Spanish
poesía heroica
Catalan
poesia heroica
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Literary genre.
heroic poem
Related terms
literary genre
Spanish
poesía heroica
Synonyms
Examples for "
heroic poem
"
heroic poem
Examples for "
heroic poem
"
1
The
heroic
poem
of my friend was a voucher for this remark.
2
Therefore they are either not faults in an
heroic
poem
,
or faults common to the drama.
3
But after all these advantages an
heroic
poem
is certainly the greatest work of human nature.
4
Carlyle says: "No life of a man faithfully recorded but is a
heroic
poem
.
"
5
To do otherwise than so, would be like making an
heroic
poem
a man's first attempt.
Usage of
heroic poetry
in English
1
To this piece is prefixed an apology for
heroic
poetry
,
and poetic licence.
2
And such also was
heroic
poetry
among the Greeks.
3
In
heroic
poetry
,
indeed, all these varieties are serviceable.
4
He was not yet deterred from
heroic
poetry
.
5
His head still teemed with
heroic
poetry
;
and (1705) he published "Eliza," in ten books.
6
This was an inquiry into the "turn of words and thoughts" requisite in
heroic
poetry
.
7
France produced, along with its
heroic
poetry
,
its romances, tales, and lyrics, much serious and allegorical work.
8
Here and there some care may be taken, as by Charlemagne and Alfred, to preserve the national
heroic
poetry
.
9
For one thing, there was plenty of romantic stuff in the old
heroic
poetry
,
without going to the French books.
10
But
heroic
poetry
is not of the growth of France, as it might be of England if it were cultivated.
11
Epic and
heroic
poetry
.
12
The earliest and greatest portion of this literature is the
heroic
poetry
forming the collection called the Poetic or Elder Edda.
13
There is a feeling in
heroic
poetry
,
or in a burst of eloquence, that I sometimes catch in quite different fields.
14
Of the various kinds of words, the compound are best adapted to Dithyrambs, rare words to
heroic
poetry
,
metaphors to iambic.
15
In their temper also, and in the quality of their heroic ideal, the Sagas are the inheritors of the older
heroic
poetry
.
16
Art was backward and came from abroad; of literature there was none, long after Greece had passed its period of
heroic
poetry
.
Other examples for "heroic poetry"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
heroic
poetry
heroic
Adjective
Noun
Translations for
heroic poetry
Portuguese
épica
livros épicos
Spanish
poesía épica
poesía heróica
poesía heroica
poesia heroica
poema heroico
Catalan
poesia heroica
Heroic poetry
through the time
Heroic poetry
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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