Epic simile refers to -

• Epic simile refers to - An open comparison between two dissimilar objects of which one is fairly elaborated.
- এটিকে epic simile বলা হয় কারন the epic poets introduced the tradition of this kind of simile.
- For example, in 'The Iliad' Hector was compared with a boar and a lion.

অন্যদিকে,
• An image that suggests a particular emotion associated with it - Objective correlative.
• An implicit comparison between two different things - Metaphor.
• An explicit comparison between two different things - Simile.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.