heroic poem

hero′ic po′em

n.

a poem written in an epic style using lines of iambic pentameter.

[1685–95]

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heroic poem - a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds epic, epic poem, epos poem, verse form - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines chanson de geste - Old French epic poems rhapsody - an epic poem adapted for recitation heroic, heroic meter, heroic verse - a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter

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