epopees

noun

plural of epopee
as in English sonnets

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  1. psalms
  2. sonnets
  3. epigrams
  4. poems
  5. idylls
  6. limericks
Noun
  • Take The Music Lesson, a study of a young woman playing the virginal, closely watched by a gentleman, which Graham-Dixon reads as a depiction of Collegiants chastely performing and singing psalms.
    — Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • A little over a year ago, Paul Simon returned to the road following a seven-year hiatus to promote his new LP Seven Psalms.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2026
Definition of psalms
Noun
  • In his sonnets, Shakespeare pairs was with glass, and warmed with disarmed.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
  • Tech was even still cool in late 2022 when OpenAI released ChatGPT and everyone started giddily re-doing Taylor Swift lyrics as Shakespearean sonnets.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
Definition of sonnets
Noun
  • Johnson is the author of the epigrams, but Boswell is very much the co-author.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
Definition of epigrams
Noun
  • The debate about the origins of the Iliad and the Odyssey is almost as old as the poems themselves.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
  • Kappus had written to him twice already, sending along his poems and, increasingly, the story of his private unraveling.
    — Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of poems
Noun
  • If powder-white beaches, turquoise waters, and lush jungles are at the top of your travel itinerary, the following 11 idylls are must-gos, where nature is at its most relaxed and pleasurable.
    — Skyli Alvarez, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2026
  • But while Provo has become developed, its neighbors, Parrish assured me, remain timeless idylls, their empty interiors encircled by endless beaches fringed with casuarina trees.
    — Henry Wismayer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
Definition of idylls
Noun
  • The study picked 10 commercial large language models by top tech companies — including Meta, Anthropic and OpenAI — and asked the AI systems to make critical pamphlets, write limericks, give reasons if someone should join protests, and more.
    — Didi Tang, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Definition of limericks
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