Epic

long & formal narrative poem written in an elevated style about a hero's adventures of almost mythic proportions which includes traits of a nation or people

• Protagonist (hero)
• Setting (grand)
• Plot (amazing, sometimes superhuman efforts)
• Supernatural entities involved
• Showcases characters & their actions in elevated style

• invoking the Muse
• starting in medias res (in the middle of the story)
• characters introduced w/ speeches that show their character
• uses epic simile

long & fancy simile where the tenor (subject) is nearly obscured by the vehicle (the thing which describes the subject)