2. Definitions of epic a i. An extended narrative poem with a heroic or superhuman protagonist engaged in an action of great significance in a vast setting (often including the underworld and engaging the gods) Examples of epic poems are edmund Spenser s The faerie Queene, John Miltons paradise lost. william Wordsworth's the prelude, elizabeth Barret browning s Aurora leigh, and T. s Eliot s the Waste land◼ 2. Definitions of epic ◼ i. An extended narrative poem with a heroic or superhuman protagonist engaged in an action of great significance in a vast setting (often including the underworld and engaging the gods). Examples of epic poems are Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, John Milton's Paradise Lost, William Wordsworth's The Prelude, Elizabeth Barret Browning's Aurora Leigh, and T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land