epic poetry

1. 1.

   poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero

   Synonymsheroic poetry

   Broaderpoetry

Questions about epic poetry

What does epic poetry mean?

epic poetry means "poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero".

What is another word for epic poetry?

Close synonyms include heroic poetry. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is epic poetry a common word?

epic poetry is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.