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Beowulf is considered an epic poem because it satisfies both criteria of an epic and a poem. Beowulf contains the criteria of an epic because it exhibits specific literary technique. Examples of an elements of an epic is when the hero of the story is outstanding, expressing superhuman valor and courage, fighting against supernatural and the setting of the story is vast. Beowulf satisfies the criteria to be considered as a poem. Beowulf has been written in a way that it expresses an imaginative awareness of experience and was arranged so that the story is making the reader an emotional response. Therefore, Beowulf is both an epic and poem hence Epic poem.