HEROIC Poem, is that which undertakes to describe some extraordinary action or enterprise. Homer, Virgil, Statius, Lucan, Tasso, Camoens, Milton, and Voltaire, have composed heroic poems. In this sense, heroic poem coincides with epic poem.
HEROIC Poem
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