Epics Epic poetry is a form of account verse that tells the story of an adventure told by a legend. Usually, it is a long poem detailing the exploits, battles, and challenges of a hero. Epic poems are widely used to entertain, uplift, and share cultural values and ideas with audiences. The antecedents of epic poetry may be traced to outdated city centres of India, Greece, and Italy among others. The Epic of Gilgamesh, a prehistoric Mesopotamian poem that chronicles the life of Gilgamesh, the ruler of Uruk, is the first known example of an epic poem. The poem is the earliest surviving piece of literature in the world and is thought to have been composed in the early 21st century BC. The Bible, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid are just a few of the subsequent literary works that have been greatly influenced by the Epic of Gilgamesh. Epic of Gilgamesh : Gilgamesh, a strong and haughty ruler who is challenged by the gods, is the subject of the epic. In order to understand the value of fri...
Ballad A ballad is a type of narrative poem or song that tells a story, often of a romantic, sentimental or adventurous nature. The purpose of ballads is to tell a tale in a memorable fashion. Who is not familiar with the charming altruistic Robin Hood? If songs from the 14th century hadn't preserved the story of him in a ballad form, one may not have known about him. Lithe and listen, gentleman, That be of freeborn blood; I shall you tell of a good yeoman, His name was Robin Hood. (A Gest of Robyn Hode, ed. Francis James Child). Although the term was made popular by British and Irish bards, it really comes from the mediaeval French Chanson balladée , which means "dance songs." It is easy to hear the similarities between the rhythm and structure of this style and contemporary music. The structure of a ballad is in any length, usually written in quatrains. The meter is traditional, written in alternating lines of iambic tetrameter (eight syllables) and iambic trimeter ...
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