Noun
a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
Source: WordNetMy secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said. Laurie Anderson
Troy is based on the epic poem The Iliad by Homer, according to the credits. Homer's estate should sue. Roger Ebert
With several different kinds of poetry to choose from, a man would decide that he would like best to be an epic poet, and he would set out, in conscious determination, on an epic poem. Lascelles Abercrombie
The sediments are a sort of epic poem of the earth. Rachel Carson
Considered subjectively, philosophy always begins in the middle, like an epic poem. Friedrich Schlegel
We took Beowulf, the epic poem in Old English, and put it right together with John Gardner's contemporary retelling. If you bring it into today, we really feel that it has something very fresh to say now. Julie Taymor