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: a number of poems that treat an epic theme but are not formally united
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Your freestyle at Harvard University in 2016 was searing and soaring epos.
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New York Times, 1 Nov. 2017
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New York Times, 1 Nov. 2017
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“Epos.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epos. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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