Mediaeval stories, written before the advent of the novel, could be either epics - usually based in some kind of historical fact - or romances, tales of chivalry based on legend and adventure, or the supernatural. ... Walter Benjamin, a twentieth century theorist of modernity, argued that a poem written by Charles Baudelaire describing his fleeting encounter with a beautiful woman in the street, typified modern life. ... The final line of the poem declares, "Oh you, who I could have loved, and you who knew it." ...

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The poems and epics written during the pre-Socratic times in Greece gave insight to the military mentalities that people possessed during this period. ... Both the Iliad and the Odyssey were considered "War Poems." ...

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• Grade Level: High School