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Epic poem — OCR GCSE English Literature Definition

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Epic poem

GCSE English Literature · key term

Epic poem

Definition

A long narrative poem, often concerned with a people’s heroes, history or legends.

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OCR GCSE English Literature · J352

Paper 2

In stanza one, the questioner asks about ‘lanterns of stone’ and an ‘epic poem’. These interests suggest someone investigating the objects and literature of a civilisation. A persuasive reading is that the questioner resembles a historian or archaeologist.
Revise: What Were They Like?

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