Day: April 28, 2022

Epic Poem

An epic poem is a continuous narrative in verse form that retells the acts of one or more heroic persons of history or legend. The English epic comes from the Latin epicus, meaning “of or relating to epic poetry,” and the Greek epos (ἔπος), meaning “word, narrative, song.”(1) History and Development The Epic of Gilgamesh, based on the king of Uruk, is…Continue Reading Epic Poem