He couldn't wait to write an epic poem about something more important than pastoral shepherd life.

他已经迫不及待地想要写一首史诗，写一些比田园牧羊生活更为重要的题材。

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This unfinished epic poem was written in praise of Queen Elizabeth I and details several faerie tales, Arthurian epics, and classic, fantasy fun.

这首未完成的史诗是为赞美伊丽莎白女王一世而写的，详细叙述了几个仙境故事、亚瑟王史诗和经典的幻想趣事。

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Milton began his epic poem late.

弥尔顿的史诗写晚了。

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He's starting to champ at the bit. He's ready to write an epic poem on much more important subjects than shepherds and shepherdesses.

他已经迫不及待地想要写一首史诗,写一些比田园牧羊生活更为重要的题材。

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It's at this point that Milton chose for the subject of his epic poem the subject of the tragedy that he'd been contemplating for so many years.

弥尔顿在这个时候决定用他多年来都在构思的,悲剧的主题作为他的史诗的主题。

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I think Hartman is absolutely right to note that it's this aspect of Milton's similes that sets them entirely apart from the similes in any other epic poem.

我认为他注意到了弥尔顿明喻中的这个方面,是突出区别于其他诗歌中的明喻的,此举是非常恰当无误的。

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The silent movie, the Viennese symphony and the epic poem all had their heydays in the past.

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But the epic poem book-length fiction, and its audio and video adaptations is dominating our lives in a way unseen since Homer.

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Eliot, famed for epic poem The Waste Land as well as writing the inspiration for Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats, had written to his friend Jacob Isaacs.

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