As the name indicates, the Mock-Epic is a literary form that ridicules the "classical epics." ... Pope uses highly refined verses, pungent satirical heroic couplets, and intelligence to satirize not only the irrepressible intricacy and solemnity of subject matters found within epic poems, but the commotion that results when a young lord cuts a small lock of hair from the head of an young beauty. ... These sylphs represent Meddling Gods and Goddesses that exist in most epic poems; Pope diminishes the idea of these characters by choosing to make them appear as small, and almost insignificant c...

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This type of narration is referred to as epic poetry. One of the main things that I drew from this poem, regarding its epic content, was that every aspect of Aeneas' journey seemed to aim at a desired end, which was for him to lead his people to Italy. Having made this connection of epic poetry from Aeneid, It was easy for me to realize the same connection in Inferno. ... In the poem, Dante's fate is in the hand of God. ... In the poem Inferno, the spirit refers to Dante's departed wife, Beatrice whom is in heaven. ...

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He begins his journey by making use of formulaic structures such as epic convention/in medias res/invocation of the muse/epic question/, epic similes, type scenes, and set pieces. ... Another example of an epic convention is an epic question. ... Referring to the epic poem, an example of an epic simile is: (2. 87-93) "Like the swarms of clustering bees that issue forever/ in the fresh bursts from the hollow in the stone, and hang like/ bunched grapes as they hover beneath the flowers in the springtime/ fluttering in swarms together this way and that way/ so the many nations of men from the shi...

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During the rule of the first Roman Emperor, Augustus, a man by the name of Publius Vergilius Maro (known as Virgil in English) wrote one of the most widely read epic poems. The poem is named the Aeneid. ... Parallels can be seen in the shield descriptions of the two classic epic poems. ... Therefore, the shield seems to be addressing the present state of the epic poem. ... By analyzing the shield scenes of the two epic poems, the Iliad and the Aeneid, many similarities as well as differences can be distinguished. ...

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"The Iliad" (sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally attributed to Homer. ... "The Aeneid" is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. ... It is a poem work of Epic genre. ... It is an Epic poem of Heroic epic; mythological story genre. ... Protagonist of the poem is Aeneas. ...

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Since Virgil's epic does not go near these events in the time span the epic covers, the reader has to rely upon hearing about these important subjects through the prophecies that are references throughout the story. ... Virgil's promise of delivering an Augustan epic was clearly on his mind when he started to write The Aeneid, just as clearly as the references to Augustus were propaganda. The one thing I believe though is that Virgil did not consider these allusions critical to his poem. ... He wanted to use his epic to be read by his contemporaries and after reading it, they would...

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Betrayal The theme of betrayal is clearly brought out in the epic poem, The Odyssey. Odysseus was betrayed by his men. For example, "Such was their talk, and the ill counsel of the crew prevailed, they loosed the sack, and out rushed all the winds" (Homer92). Due to the crew's greed, they cau...

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That is the reason why not many men in this poem shy away from battle and keep on fighting. A character that is depicted in the poem as being courageous is Pallas. ... Turnus shows his feelings in the poem after he slays Pallas and gives his speech. ... Virgil glorified war throughout the whole poem and felt it necessary to write about it. ... He never had to face the hardships of war and that could very well be the reason of why I feel he glorifies this epic poem of war. ...

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The summary laid out by the opening of Book I has an enormous effect on the rest of the poem. ... The opening introduction allows the rest of the poem to focus on the travels and adventures of Aeneas. ... This proves to be how the rest of the poem is laid out. ... Book one is a dense collection of information that sets the framework for the rest of the poem. ... We are given the outline of the entire epic in the first forty nine lines. ...

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Virgil is able to demonstrate this struggle between piety and furor through distinct passages throughout the poem. ... Early in the poem Aeneas is repeatedly called "pious Aeneas", and there are many occurrences of his reverence. ... Virgil also uses the passage with Hercules and Cacus to illustrate one of the underlying themes of the poem. ... Turnus does not show piety throughout his appearance in the poem. ... As the poem comes to a close, Aeneas becomes the most infuriated that he does throughout the entire epic. ...

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In the classic tragic epic poem of The Aeneid, duty is all that matters, and all other tasks, peoples and plans are secondary, to the ultimate goal of completion of that duty. ... The poems end all comes down to a duel, a fierce duel to the death between Aeneas and Turnus. ...

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Virgil condones war for the sake of his patron, Augustus Caesar, whose recent victory at Actium, three years before the creation of Virgil's epic, had quelled the rebellion of the Roman commander Marcus Antonius. ... But, in one of a few areas of the poem that lacks consistency (Virgil never lived to fully complete his epic), Juno declares that she wishes to "quit these battles which I so detest.... " Unfortunately for the Trojans, Paris, the adulterous and effeminate Trojan prince of the Epic Cycle, is often used as an example of his race as an insult to the Trojans and their l...

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Yet what is Chaucer's purpose in the House of Fame, and how does the combat between the Virgilian and Ovidian tradition that creates the three-faced Aeneas of Book I fit into the unity of the poem? ... Reading the inscription that he sees on a brass tablet in the temple, Geffrey', Chaucer's dreamer/narrator, recalls the opening lines of the Aeneid: I wol now say, if I kan, The armes and also the man That first came, thorgh his destanee, Fugityfe of Troy contree, In Itayle with ful coche pyne, Unto the strondes of Lavyne (ll. 143-48) The inscription strictly follo...

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