Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Epic

Definition: Long, serious poems that talk about a hero

Example:
Hiawatha's Departure
from The Song of Hiawatha
by
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
By the shore of Gitchie Gumee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
At the doorway of his wigwam,
In the pleasant Summer morning,
Hiawatha stood and waited.
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Odyssey

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