epic simile

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epic simile

An extended simile elaborated in great detail. Also called Homeric simile.

epic simile

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) an extended simile, as used in the epic poetry of Homer and other writers

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Homeric simile			Pope mimics their narcolepsy in an epic simile that would be lovely if we forgot for a moment that it was occasioned by overwhelming boredom. Darkness visible by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk So Apollonius's most Homeric similes draw the reader's attention to their Homeric qualities without necessarily deepening or enriching the narrative; and often his poetic strengths lie in decidedly un-Homeric directions, in, for example, the crafting of his famous simile of the aborigines in book 2--an epic simile likening dead aborigines to felled trees. The Argonautika by Galdieri, Louis V. / New Criterion If she could not write a "legitimate" epic, it was possible to re-petition and re-cite the generic markers of the epic as a genre, the stylistic traits which indicate that the text "belongs" to the genre, such as the invocation of Calliope or the use of an epic simile or elevated style. Re-membering America: Phyllis Wheatley's intertextual epic by Kendrick, Robert / African American Review			Ephippial Ephippidae Ephippiorhynchus Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis Ephippium ephod ephor Ephoral Ephoralty Ephraim Ephraimite Ephyra EPI epi- epibiosis epiblast Epiblastic epiblem Epiblema Epibolic epiboly Epibranchial epic epic poem epic poetry epic simile Epical epicalyx epicanthic fold epicanthus epicardia Epicardiac epicardium Epicaridan epicarp epicarpal Epicede Epicedial Epicedian epicedium epicene epicene person epicenism epicenter Epicentral epicentre Epicerastic epicheirema Epichirema epichlorohydrin Epichordal			epibulbar epic epic epic epic epic Epic (disambiguation) Epic (disambiguation) Epic (disambiguation) Epic Battle Club at Virginia Tech Epic Beard Guy Epic Crazy Lady's Husband Epic Duels Online League Epic Fail Epic Fail Guy Epic Financial Corp Epic Legends of the Heirarchs: the Elemenstor Saga Epic Level Handbook Epic Literature Epic Meal Time Epic of Gilgamesh Epic Pet Wars epic poem epic poem Epic poems Epic poet epic poetry epic poetry Epic poets Epic Records epic simile Epic theater Epic theatre Epic Video Gamers Epic, Heroic Epic-Level Attack Bonus Epica epicadmium epical epical epical epically epically epically epicalyces epicalyces epicalyx epicalyx epicalyxes epicalyxes Epicanthal fold Epicanthal fold Epicanthal fold epicanthi epicanthi epicanthi epicanthic fold epicanthic fold epicanthus epicanthus epicanthus

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