Finding Features of Epic Poetry At four hundred miles they stopped to eat,
at a thousand miles they pitched their camp.
They had traveled for just three days and nights,
a six weeks' journey for ordinary men.
When the sun was setting, they dug a well,
they filled their waterskins with fresh water,
Gilgamesh climbed to the mountaintop
-Gilgamesh: A New English Translation,
Stephen Mitchell
Which features of epic poetry does this passage show?
Check all that apply.
a vast setting
a supernatural force
a hero with great strength
a compelling, formal speech
a narrative voice

The answers are a vast setting, a hero with great strength, a narrative voice

Explanation:

In most epic poems the purpose is to describe the actions of a hero, especially those involved in the hero's journey. Due to this, one common feature of epic poems are strong heroes, this can be seen in the excerpt of Gilgamesh because actions such as "They had traveled for just three days and nights,  a six weeks' journey for ordinary men" shows the strength of the hero.

Moreover, in epics, it is common the setting is vast as actions in the story often occur across land or sea, this feature can be seen in "At four hundred miles... at a thousand miles" because this shows the actions occur across the land. Finally, as other epics, Gilgamesh has a narrative voice because even if this is organized in verses as a poem the actions and events are told by a narrative and are described as in stories.