poem, verse form - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

Aeneid - an epic in Latin by Virgil; tells the adventures of Aeneas after the Trojan War; provides an illustrious historical background for the Roman Empire

Divina Commedia, Divine Comedy - a narrative epic poem written by Dante

Iliad - a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy

Odyssey - a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy

Nibelungenlied - an epic poem written in Middle High German and based on the legends of Siegfried and Teutonic kings

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