Famous quotes containing the words epic poem, epic and/or poem:
““Epic poem,—ten thousand lines—revolution of July—composed it on the spot—Mars by day, Apollo by night,—bang the field-piece, twang the lyre.””
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
“The epic of disbelief
Blares oftener and soon, will soon be constant.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“The poem is the cry of its occasion,
Part of the res itself and not about it.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)