Epic Poem

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)

“An epic of worry rather than of high tragedy.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)

“A poem should be equal to:
Not true.

For all the history of grief
An empty doorway and a maple leaf.”
—Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982)