epos

noun

Definition of eposnext
as in epic

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Recent Examples of epos Your freestyle at Harvard University in 2016 was searing and soaring epos. — New York Times, 1 Nov. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for epos
  1. epic
  2. elegy
  3. epigram
  4. ode
  5. sonnet
  6. poem
  7. dithyramb
  8. madrigal
Noun
  • All hell broke loose when British actor Vivien Leigh was cast as beloved heroine Scarlett O’Hara in the big-screen adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s epic, Gone With the Wind.
    — Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Much like on Baby Keem’s Ca$ino, another recent rap epic undone by its author’s inability to overcome lingering trauma, BigX can’t always navigate around his unnamed haters.
    — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of epic
Noun
  • The result was a tapestry of bizarro folk elegies whose combination of violin, slide guitar, and the occasional lovestruck lyric sounded like tuning into AM radio in the midst of the apocalypse.
    — Henry Ivry, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Black style passes through Gershwin and out into Nina Simone’s famous take and Bill Evans’s imperishable version, where the blues is filtered through Erik Satie’s minimalism to become a haunted, achingly beautiful elegy.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of elegy
Noun
  • By greatly expanding the dimensions of his images, with their muted palettes, tight cropping, found symmetries, and laconic wit, had the maestro of the photographic epigram betrayed his subtractive aesthetic?
    — James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • Johnson is the author of the epigrams, but Boswell is very much the co-author.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
Definition of epigram
Noun
  • The song marked her ode to summer, centering on a relationship that exists somewhere between friendship and romance.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Both spots, meant to be modern odes to Southern hospitality, will be housed within the JW Marriott Washington, DC, giving its current culinary options an upgrade.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of ode
Noun
  • Stewart lent his voice to all 154 of William Shakespeare’s sonnets, including reflections on the narration process, in the 2026 audiobook Patrick Stewart Performs the Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
  • People can and should be skeptical about the sonnets written about starting NFL quarterbacks every offseason, when no one is getting sacked and almost everyone looks good.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
Definition of sonnet
Noun
  • More than 40 years after making his directorial debut with Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985), and penning the poem that would eventually inspire The Nightmare Before Christmas, Burton is expanding his artistic remit once more.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Some were traveling to funerals, weddings and family reunions that the poet laureate commemorated in a poem written in minutes.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of poem
Noun
  • Ginsberg’s incantatory dithyrambs pulled the Beats, Walt Whitman and much of 20th century poetry into view.
    — Sesshu Foster, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
Definition of dithyramb
Noun
  • The concert will include Renaissance madrigals—one English and one French.
    — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
  • This is a lovely fundraiser to assist in the preservation of the cemetery, and the day is filled with master gardeners offering advice, madrigals singing, an archaeology talk, refreshments, kids’ activities and lots of lovely spring plants for sale.
    — Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2025
Definition of madrigal

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