Epic poetry is the earliest known form of poetry, dating back to ancient times. It is a long narrative poem that tells the story of a hero or a group of heroes.

Homer is considered the father of Western poetry because he wrote the two great epic poems of ancient Greece, the Iliad and the Odyssey.

The Iliad is an epic poem that tells the story of the Trojan War, a ten-year conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans.

The Odyssey is an epic poem that tells the story of Odysseus, a Greek hero who travels for ten years to return home after the Trojan War.

Aeneas is the main character of the Aeneid, a Latin epic poem written by Virgil. He is a Trojan hero who travels to Italy after the fall of Troy.

The Divine Comedy is an epic poem that tells the story of Dante's journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.

Geoffrey Chaucer is the main character of The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury Cathedral.

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories that explores the power of storytelling to entertain, teach, and inspire.

Geoffrey Chaucer is considered the father of English poetry because he wrote The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories that helped to establish the English language as a literary language.

Shakespeare's sonnets are a collection of 154 poems that explore the themes of love, beauty, time, and death.

Satan is the main character of Paradise Lost, an epic poem that tells the story of the fall of man.

Paradise Lost is an epic poem that tells the story of the fall of man, from his creation to his expulsion from the Garden of Eden.

William Wordsworth is considered the father of Romanticism because he wrote Lyrical Ballads, a collection of poems that helped to launch the Romantic movement in English literature.

Romanticism is a literary movement that emphasizes the importance of imagination and emotion, the beauty of nature, the power of the individual, and the celebration of the common man.

T.S. Eliot is considered the father of Modernism because he wrote The Waste Land, a poem that helped to launch the Modernist movement in English literature.